(OT?)Stop the Mothers Act: Save Expectant Mothers from Mandatory Drugging with Antidepressants

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Stop the Mothers Act: Save Expectant Mothers from Mandatory Drugging with Antidepressants

(NaturalNews) Big Pharma is pushing hard for passage of The Mothers Act, a bill that would require all pregnant women to be "screened" for depression and then drugged with patented antidepressant drugs. The bill is being reintroduced by Sen. Harry Reid, who is reportedly attempting to include it in a legislative package called the "Coburn Omnibus Bill.",...

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Aasa,

Thanks for the heads up. Using the suggested letter as a

guideline, I wrote to both Senators Voinovich and Coughlin in Ohio:

Dear Senator Voinovich,

It has been brought to my attention that Big Pharma is pushing hard

for the passage of " The Mothers Act, " a bill that would require all

pregnant mothers to be " screened " for depression, then be forced to

take patented antidepressant drugs. The bill is being reintroduced

by Sen. Harry Reid, who is trying to include it in a legislative

package known as the " Coburn Omnibus Bill. "

I am a former Special Educator and the grandmother of a 7 year old

boy who is affected with a lifelong disability. His neurological

damage was directly related to a particular vaccine that he received

at 19 months of age. I have since become an advocate for individuals

who are suffering needlessly because of environmental insults on

their developing brains and nervous systems. It is only natural

that after considerable research into the proposed " Mother's Act "

that I am voicing my concern about this bill. The forcing of

psychotropic drugs on pregnant and new mothers is dangerous and

downright unconstitutional. There is no such thing as " one size fits

all " medicine. As strongly as I oppose " forced " vaccination for all

children, I equally oppose forced drugging of those who are

determined to be " at risk " as the result of mandatory routine

screening.

I am requesting that you read the following letter. I am in complete

agreement with its content:

" Letter of opposition to the Mothers Act

DON'T LET THE 110th CONGRESS BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASING

ANTIDEPRESSANT-RELATED BIRTH DEFECTS AND INFANT DEATHS.

DO NOT PASS THE MOTHERS ACT AS PART OF AN OMNIBUS PACKAGE.

The MOTHERS Act is a highly controversial bill, considering the

growing public awareness that antidepressants have serious and even

deadly side effects. This bill, if passed, will assuredly increase

the number of pregnant women and new mothers being put on

antidepressant drugs. There are already too many pregnant women

being put on antidepressants evidenced by the FDA's adverse reaction

reports (MedWatch) listed below. This bill will assuredly increase

the number of pregnant women and new mothers being prescribed

antidepressants documented by the U.S. FDA to cause suicidal

ideation, mania, worsening depression and birth defects. FDA's

MedWatch System (Adverse Drug Reactions) Already Has Overwhelming

Evidence of Spontaneous Abortions, Premature Babies and Birth

Defects from SSRI Antidepressants:

Doctors, other health care providers, pharmacists, lawyers and

consumers filed the following adverse drug reaction reports with the

FDA's MedWatch system during 2004-2007 concerning pregnant women

taking antidepressants (the most common and recommended treatment

for women diagnosed with postpartum depression). In all the reports

below, antidepressants were cited as the primary suspected drug to

have caused the adverse reaction in pregnant women:

145 spontaneous abortions

150 premature babies

208 babies born with heart disease

218 babies born with defects

The FDA states that only 1-10% of side effects are even reported to

their MedWatch database. Using a median range of 5% being reported,

the actual number of pregnant women experiencing adverse reactions

to antidepressant drugs is estimated as follows:

2,900 spontaneous abortions

3,000 premature births

4,160 babies born with heart disease

4,360 babies born with birth defects

The " Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care

Act, " also known as " The MOTHERS Act " was named after

Stokes, a new mother who was subjected to a cocktail of psychiatric

drugs and electroshock after being diagnosed with post-partum

depression. It was only after she had been administered drugs

documented by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to cause

suicidal ideation that she committed suicide. There is too much

controversy over antidepressants to pass any legislation that could

increase the administration of these drugs to pregnant women and new

mothers. Do not allow the pharmaceutical interests to put new

mothers and their unborn children at risk. Do not pass the MOTHERS

Act. "

Although the problem of depression may be real in some cases, the

mass drugging of those labeled " at risk " as the result of generic

screening, is a dangerous practice. Why is it that nutritional

deficiencies are not even considered as a possible link to

depression? Forcing mind altering drugs on pregnant and new mothers

is unethical, especially when it can directly affect their unborn or

nursing babies!

I am asking you Senator, to please vote against the " Mother's

Act " !!!!!

Thank You

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Drugging with Antidepressants

> (NaturalNews) Big Pharma is pushing hard for passage of The

Mothers Act, a bill that would require all pregnant women to

be " screened " for depression and then drugged with patented

antidepressant drugs. The bill is being reintroduced by Sen. Harry

Reid, who is reportedly attempting to include it in a legislative

package called the " Coburn Omnibus Bill. " ,...

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