Please Support Passage of The MOTHERS Act

April 24, 2008

As I am a bit preoccupied today, this is a copy/paste post. However, this is something I feel strongly about, so that is why I am posting it at all.

I hope you seriously consider adding your name to petition for this important piece of legislation, The MOTHERS Act, to be passed. After all, it effects anyone who is a parent OR child – and that is each and every one of us. 🙂

We Must Speak Out in Full Support of Postpartum Depression (PPD) Legislation NOW.

Click here to connect and be counted!

You may have heard the complaints on the internet lately; asking readers to block passage of legislation to help new mothers and their families cope with postpartum depression. The House and Senate both have legislation – H.R. 20 and S. 1375 – that some mistakenly believe is a conspiracy to push new mothers to take medication.

Tell that to the more than 800,000 women who will develop a diagnosable postpartum mood disorder this year! This does not include the 7.5% of women who will develop major depression during pregnancy.

How disappointing! Those who are speaking out against the Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act obviously know little to nothing about this legislation. Some are even saying that Melanie Blocker-Stokes, who took her own life after suffering this illness, was simply just sad.

This could not be farther from the truth! Ask her mother, Carol Blocker, who has dedicated her life to the passage of this protective legislation named in honor of her daughter.

This legislation does NOT recommend drugs, require drugs, or endorse drugs. What it does is:

  • Encourage the Department of Health and Human Services to expand the research into the causes of postpartum conditions and find treatments.
  • Establish a national public awareness campaign to increase awareness and knowledge of PPD and psychosis.
  • Make grants available for programs that develop and offer essential services to women with PPD.

Even if you have already done so, please take the time to let your representatives in Washington know that you support this vital legislation. Help counter the misinformation they are currently receiving!

Click here to connect and be counted! One person CAN make a difference.

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

Mrs Pop April 25, 2008 at 11:14 am

Thanks for posting this! I have sent my letter.

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Melissa May 7, 2008 at 3:09 pm

I’m sad to be reading this so late, but when I clicked on the link it went nowhere. I’ll try and google something and see if I can get added to the petition somehow…

Thanks for the information, though! Very important fight!

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