In Memory of Matthew Schultz (Effexor Baby Pregnancy Infant Death MOTHERS Act)

twohours.wordpress.com www.thepetitionsite.com Please go to www.box.net and print a PDF that you can fax to the Senate: tinyurl.com Here is the text of the fax if you want to format your own letter: WHY THE MOTHERS ACT SHOULD NOT BE PASSED On the surface, The MOTHERS Act (S. 324) reflects its sponsors compassion for mothers suffering from postpartum depression and psychosis. But when one looks closely at the important sections of the legislation, it is clear that this costly and sweeping mental health legislation not only fails the mothers of America, its intended to inflate the balance sheets of Big Pharma. * The bill omits language clearly stating there will be an evaluation of the large amount of data available on the known risks of antidepressant and antipsychotic medications currently being prescribed to pregnant women and nursing mothers (including birth defects, heart defects, spontaneous abortions, and infant deaths). See May 9, 2009 Vogue article, Pregnant Pause: With a flurry of recent reports challenging the safety of antidepressant drugs for unborn babies, doctors and concerned mothers-to-be are rethinking the guidelines by Alexis Jetter at www.box.net * The bill defines postpartum condition as only postpartum depression (PPD) or postpartum psychosis. The danger is that per these DSM-extracted terms to label women with mental disorders, this is only psychological, not physiological conditions which will be checked for, ruling out discovery of any real physical …

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