CC - 1977-40 - Enactment of Assembly Bill 1069RESOLUTION NO`: 77-40,
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL•OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD URGING,THE ENACTMENT OF
ASSEMBLY BILL 1069
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THE CITY COUNCI•'t'OFITHE. CITYy OF ROSEMEADwRESOLVES`:
WHEREAS; under California law, the parents of a
pregnant minor are not held financially-responsible for the
cost of abortioi% and`pregrianay termination which is provided
at state cost througm'~tY California,Medical..Assist'ance
Program (MediCal) while the'same costs borne by MediCal in
providing maternity, ;cane:;,medical, and hospital'•s'ervices in
the birth of'a°.childican ,become the financial'responsib'lity,
of a minor's parents; and
WHEREAS, it is unfair•to hold the parents,of a
pregnant minor responsible, for the cost'of delivering a
living child while simultaneously holding them non-responsible
for the termination of a pregnancy; and
WHEREAS, each pregnant minor and her family should
be free to choose to continue the pregnancy and deliver ,a
new life into the world or to terminate the pregnancy by
abortion, without unequal financial burdens being imposed.
by the selection of either alternative-,',and
WHEREAS, fairness and equal dignity should'be '
..accorded to the pregnant minor and the'family selecting
either to continue the,pregnancy or to terminate it;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Rosemead
urges the passage of Assembly Bill 1069; and
SECTION.2. The City Council•of'the City of Rosemead
urges the Governor of the State of California-to sign Assembly
Bill 1069 upon'its,,passage. by its legislature; and
SECTION,3. The City Clerk:is instructed.to transmit
a'certifie ckcop.y this Resolution to-the Honorable. Terry Go.ggin,
the'author:?of Assembly Bill, 1069, and to the'Honorable Leo T.
McCarthy, Speaker of the Assembly, and'to Honorable James R. Mills, -
President Pro Tem of the'Senate, and-to the Honorable Edmund G.
Brown, Jr., Governor of'the State of California..
PASSED,'.APPROVED AND-ADOPTED'THIS 12th DAY OF -July, 1977
AYES: Councilmembers Hun_ter "Imperial,--Taylor, Trujillo. ichy
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None MAYOR OE~ITY OF ROS AD
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss.
CITY OF ROSEMEAD )
I, ELLEN POOCHIGIAN, City Clerk of the City of Rosemead,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
No. 77-40 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City
of Rosemead and approved by the Mayor at a regular Meeting
thereof held on the 12th day of July, 1977, and that the
same was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Hunter, Imperial, Taylor,
Trujillo and Mayor Cichy
NAYES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
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