23 April 2009
Please Take Action
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Constitution in Peril; General; Health .
Peter Anderson sure keeps us on the ball here. He sent this and we all need to let our senators know how strongly we feel about this issue.
HR20-New Mother’s Mandated Mental Health Test-JUST PASSED HOUSE!
April 20, 2009
A sweeping government policy for all new births in the United States has just passed the House of Representatives and is now headed to the Senate. The Mother’s Act, if passed, will mandate that all new mothers be screened by means of a list of subjective questions that will determine if each mother is mentally fit to take their newborn home from the hospital.
Just imagine that after your child is born, you are told that you can’t take them home since a multiple choice questionnaire wasn’t answered correctly. Just imagine being told that the only way you can take your child home is if you or your spouse goes into treatment or on anti-depressants which we know causes psychosis, delusions, and even homicidal thoughts. It just doesn’t make sense. Unfortunately, this bill is on a fast track–No public debate, no public disclosure of the broad impact on our society and that is why we need you to act now!
The Mother’s Act violates our Constitutional right to privacy and your right to liberty and it is just outright dangerous. That is why we need you to help stop this. We urgently need you to call and email each Senator on the HELP Committee and tell them you STRONGLY OPPOSE the MOTHER’S ACT and that you are OUTRAGED that there was NO public debate or disclosure on the impact this would have on our society as a whole.
Please call the following Senators on the HELP Committee and tell them that you want the Mother’s Act to die in committee.
- Lisa Murkowski, R: 202-224-6665, AK
- John McCain, R: 202-224-2235, AZ
- Christopher Dodd, D: 202-224-2823, CT
- Johnny Isakson, R: 202-224-3643, GA
- Tom Harkin, D: 202-224-3254, IA
- Pat Roberts, R: 202-224-4774, KS
- Edward Kennedy D: 202-224-4543, MA
- Barbara Mikulski D: 202-224-4654, MD
- Richard Burr, R: 202-224-3154, NC
- Kay Hagan, D: 202-224-6342, NC
- Judd Gregg, R: 202-224-3324, NH
- Jeff Bingaman, D: 202-224-5521, NM
- Sherrod Brown, D 202-224-2315, OH
- Tom Coburn, R 202-224-5754, OK
- Jeff Merkley, D 202-224-3753, OR
- Bob Casey, D 202-224-6324, PA
- Jack Reed, D 202-224-4642, RI
- Lamar Alexander R 202-224-4944, TN
- Orrin Hatch R 202-224-5251, UT
- Bernard Sanders, I: 202-224-5141, VT
- Patty Murray, D, 202-224-2621, WA
- Michael Enzi, R, 202-224-3424, WY
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