The Mothers Act Posted on January 28, 2009 By pamela The MOTHERS ACT has been reintroduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 20 introduced Jan 6th 2009) and the U.S. Senate (S. 324 introduced Jan 26 2009). Messages to members of Congress should be gracious, direct and to the point. “The Mothers Act is a bill which will increase mental health screening of pregnant women and new mothers,despite the fact that the widely accepted treatment for women diagnosed with postpartum depression is antidepressant drugs — documented by the U.S. FDA to cause worsening depression, mania, psychosis, suicidal and homicidal ideation and birth defects. There is no language in the bill that would assure mothers are given non-drug options or accurate information about the subjectivity of the diagnoses (a checklist of questions) or the documented risks of psychiatric drugs. This violates informed consent and puts new mothers and their infants at risk.” NewsDuJour Political stuff Potpourri
Hey… watch out for those Christians… Posted on April 4, 2007 And those fundamentalist wackos who actually read the Bible and History books that haven’t been revised or combed for anything offensive to any particular ethnic group… and who don’t “believe in” the so-called separation of Church and State. This sort of thing goes on in media from time to time… Read More
Another sweet letter Posted on May 2, 2007 from Kathryn… Now the calendar page has been changed and the date of her return trip home is in view – for this I do praise the LORD. I’ve so missed our girl –so missed her company, her sweet ways, her unbridled enthusiasm and zest for life, her spontaneity and… Read More
“…that women would adorn themselves…” Posted on August 14, 2007 …in modest apparel.” I’ve been mulling this over (and over) and over. This morning I was browsing Facebook then the Drudge Report and the Seattle Times. And you know… there’s a common thread (pun unintentional — but I think there’s something to it) and a common appearance. It’s not just… Read More
I agree with you on this. This is a scary concept that they are coming up with, being a mother of two myself. I couldn’t handel being on something crazy like that after having children. I have never had depression after having children. Why medicate us during? Couldn’t that hurt the unborn child? Our children are indanger of becoming depressed before they are born.
Wow…this is disturbing~ There may be some that only medication will work for but what about those who simply have a little hormonal imbalance?! This is very scary because of all of the side effects that go along with these medications…I remember being blurry eyed and so very tired some days it was hard to think but ..doesn’t that come with the responsibility of being a mom~ I worked through this with the Lord and rest and a proper diet and the support of my husband. Once again we see that the government wants to swoop in and make rules and regulations…Our freedom is being taken from a little at a time….I pray that people would wake up and smell the coffee…before it is too late. Vikki