URGENT - MOTHERS ACT BEING MARKED UP IN COMMITTEE -
TAKE ACTION
AGAINST A BILL THAT VIOLATES INFORMED CONSENT
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:14:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Amy Philo <amyphilo@yahoo.com>
http://uniteforlife.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/mothers-act-markup-scheduled-for-march-4-10-am/
Action Needed Immediately: MOTHERS Act Being Marked up March 4, 10 am Eastern.
Please download the fax titled "mothersactinformedconsent.pdf" from the box.net file sharing wizard on the right side of our blog.
Print, sign and fax the document to members of the House Energy and Commerce committee, starting with chair Waxman and ranking Republican Joe Barton. The contact numbers are located on our blog here , or for download from the same box.net file sharing wizard.
URGENT: MOTHERS
ACT BEING MARKED UP IN COMMITTEE
TAKE ACTION AGAINST A
BILL THAT VIOLATES INFORMED CONSENT
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, spontaneous abortions, birth
defects and sudden infant death.
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.
Congress should pass no bill that violates informed
consent. Particularly one that could lead to women
being misdiagnosed and put on dangerous drugs.
Express, written informed consent must be obtained
from each patient or research subject. Informed
consent requires giving patients accurate and unbiased
information including information on what the exact
medical diagnosis is, as well as the risks and
benefits of recommended treatment, no treatment, and
all alternative treatment options.
Sincerely,
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Sincerely,
Amy
Philo
214-705-0169 home
817-793-8028 cell
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.