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This resolution designates March 2025 as "Endometriosis Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania, addressing a significant health condition that affects approximately 10% of women globally. The resolution highlights the critical challenges surrounding endometriosis, including its role in causing 85% of pelvic pain cases, potential for long-term disability, and its status as a leading cause of infertility. Recognizing the widespread lack of awareness about the condition, even among medical professionals, the resolution calls for increased public and medical education, urges the U.S. Congress to fund research through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, and requests a review of medical billing codes to ensure proper reimbursement for endometriosis treatments. Additionally, the resolution seeks to create a national awareness month and calls for federal agencies to inform the public and medical practitioners about this under-researched and under-funded condition, which currently has an average 10-year diagnostic delay for women in the United States. The resolution will be transmitted to key government officials and the American Medical Association to promote broader understanding and support for addressing endometriosis.

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