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foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to !    
,committee on ! ,judici>y  ,,resolution 
,recogniz+ ! significance (             
endometriosis z an unmet *ronic disease 
= wom5 & designat+ ,m>* #bjbb z         
8,endometriosis ,aw>5ess ,mon?04  ,:]eas
 m ?an #f1ejj1jjj wom5 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates
 are liv+ ) endometriosis2 ,:]eas       
endometriosis is a pa9ful & debilitat+  
*ronic disease affect+-- 7#a7           
approximately #aij1jjj1jjj wom5 ?r\gh\t 
! _w2  7#b7 an e/imat$ #a 9 #aj wom5 (  
reproductive age 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates2 &   
7#c7 prim>ily wom5 9 _! #cjs & #djs1 b c
 affect any woman :o m5/ruates2 ,:]eas !
 cause ( endometriosis is n kn[n1 b risk
 factors include-- 7#a7 hav+ a "m1 si/]1
 or daught] ) endometriosis2  7#b7      
m5/rual cycles t />t$ at an e>ly age2   

7#c7 m5/rual cycles t are %ort2 &  7#d7 
p]iods t are heavy & la/ m ?an #g days2 
,:]eas endometriosis occurs :5 tissue   
simil> to t normally f\nd 9 ! ut]us     
beg9s to gr[ outside ! ut]us2 ,:]eas !  
only way curr5tly available to be c]ta9 
( an endometriosis diagnosis is to h a  
surgical proc$ure kn[n z a lap>oscopy2  
,:]eas ! prim>y symptoms ( endometriosis
 include pa9 & inf]tility1 & _m wom5 )  
endometriosis live ) debilitat+1 *ronic 
pa92 ,:]eas symptoms ( anxiety &        
depression are common among wom5 ) !    
endometriosis1 ) report$ rates z high z 
#ge to #ij p]c5t2 ,:]eas1 al?\gh        
endometriosis is "o ( ! mo/ common      
gynecological disord]s 9 ! ,unit$       
,/ates1 !re is a lack ( aw>5ess &       
prioritization ( endometriosis z an     
important heal? issue = wom52 ,:]eas    
wom5 c suff] = up to #aj ye>s be=e be+  
prop]ly diagnos$2 ,:]eas approximately  
#ge p]c5t ( wom5 ) endometriosis        
exp]i5ce a misdiagnosis2 ,:]eas         
endometriosis is #a ( ! #c ma9 causes ( 

female inf]tility1 & betwe5 #cj & #ej   
p]c5t ( wom5 ) endometriosis exp]i5ce   
inf]tility2 ,:]eas heal? c>e provid]s   
mu/ focus on manag+ ! symptoms (        
endometriosis1 :i* may include 9 vitro  
f]tilization 7,,ivf71 l[-dose oral      
contraceptives1 intraut]9e devices      
7,i,u,ds71 pa9kill]s1 includ+ non/]iodal
 anti-inflammatory drugs 7,n,s,a,i,ds71 
& gonadotrop9-releas+ hormone 7,gn,r,h7 
agoni/ !rapy2 ,:]eas endometriosis is   
associat$ ) increas$ heal? c>e co/s &   
poses a sub/antial burd5 to pati5ts 9 ! 
heal? c>e sy/em2 ,:]eas1 9 ! ,unit$     
,/ates1 ! e/imat$ av]age direct heal?   
c>e co/ associat$ ) endometriosis p]    
pati5t is m ?an #ac1jjj p] ye>2 ,:]eas  
#dj p]c5t ( wom5 ) endometriosis report 
impair$ c>e] gr[? due to endometriosis1 
& approximately #ej p]c5t ( wom5 )      
endometriosis exp]i5ce a decreas$       
ability to "w2 ,:]eas ! ,c5t]s =        
,disease ,control & ,prev5tion f\nd t ! 
av]age numb] ( 8b$ days0 = pati5ts )    
endometriosis 0 #ah days p] ye>2 ,:]eas 

wom5 ) endometriosis c lose #aa h\rs p] 
workweek ?r\gh lo/ productivity2 ,:]eas 
! physical & psy*ological impact (      
endometriosis affects all doma9s ( life1
 includ+ social life1 relation%ips1 &   
"w2 ,:]eas m$ical societies & pati5t    
gr\ps h express$ ! ne$ = great] public  
att5tion & updat$ res\rces t>get$ to    
public education ab\t ?is unmet heal?   
ne$ = wom52 ,:]eas !re is a ne$ = m     
rese>* & updat$ guidel9es to treat      
endometriosis2 ,:]eas !re is an ongo+   
ne$ = additional cl9ical rese>* &       
treatm5t options to manage ?is          
debilitat+ disease2 & ,:]eas !re is no  
kn[n cure = endometriosis3 ,n[1 !re=e1  
be x ,t ! ,s5ate-- 7#a7 designates ,m>* 
#bjbb z ,endometriosis ,aw>5ess ,mon?2  
7#b7 recognizes ! importance (          
endometriosis z a heal? issue = wom5 t  
requires f> great] att5tion1 public     
aw>5ess1 & education ab\t ! disease2    
7#c7 enc\rages ! ,secret>y ( ,heal? &   
,human ,s]vices1 ! ,secret>y ( ,def5se1 
& ! ,secret>y ( ,vet]ans ,affairs-- 7,a7

 to provide in=mation to wom51 pati5ts1 
& heal? c>e provid]s ) respect to       
endometriosis1 includ+ available scre5+ 
tools & treatm5t options1 ) a goal (    
improv+ ! quality ( life & heal?        
outcomes ( wom5 affect$ by              
endometriosis2  7,b7 to conduct         
additional rese>* on endometriosis &    
possible cl9ical options2 &  7,c7 to    
update in=mation1 tools1 & /udies       
curr5tly available ) respect to help+   
wom5 live ) endometriosis2 &  7#d7      
respectfully reque/s t ! ,secret>y ( !  
,s5ate transmit an enroll$ copy ( ?is   
resolution to ! ,secret>y ( ,heal? &    
,human ,s]vices4