This resolution designates October 15, 2025, as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in San Francisco, honoring the lives of infants lost and recognizing the ongoing love and remembrance for them. It aims to provide support and acknowledgment for families experiencing such losses.
Resolution commemorating October 15, 2025, as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, honoring the short lives that were lost, but continue to be loved, valued, seen and remembered, in the City and County of San Francisco.
How it got here
The legislation to commemorate October 15, 2025, as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day originated from a collective effort by several Supervisors in response to the need for greater awareness and support for families experiencing pregnancy loss.
Supervisors Melgar, Sauter, Mandelman, Chen, Mahmood, Dorsey, Walton, and Sherrill introduced the resolution to recognize October 15, 2025, as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
The resolution was referred for adoption without committee reference at the next Board meeting.
The Board of Supervisors adopted the resolution recognizing October 15, 2025, as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
The Mayor returned the resolution unsigned, which allowed it to become effective without his approval.
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