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Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:46 am (PDT)

BRANDING PREGNANCY AS MENTAL ILLNESS

Byron J. Richards, CCN, March 13, 2008

The Mothers Act is pending legislation that will indoctrinate

hundreds of thousands of mothers into taking dangerous psych drugs. It is a great

example of how the Big Pharma lobby controls Congress to the detriment of

health, as well as needlessly and dramatically inflating the costs of our health

care system for everyone. Like any piece of legislation it purports to address a troubling issue – in this case the mood distress of mothers followi

postpartum depression. It is true that 10% - 15% of women need some

assistance in dealing with this topic – but the majority of them sure donâ Big

Pharma. That is the Big Lie.

The Mothers Act (S. 1375: Mom's Opportunity to Access Health,

Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act) has the net

affect of reclassifying the natural process of pregnancy and birth as a mental

disorder that requires the use of unproven and extremely dangerous psychotropic

medications (which can also easily harm the child). Urgent consumer action (see

below) is needed to stop this atrocity, as the Senate could now vote any day.

 

It is my understanding that the process of birth, the intimate

bonding of mother and child, and the placing of significant responsibility on

the father is all part of a healthy culture and the backbone of the fabric that

makes strong families and consequently our great nation. I fail to see why we need

laws that force health care professionals to emphasize the idea that the

process is some type of mental illness affecting 80% of all women – what a bog

crap.

The Mothers Act proposes sweeping and dramatic changes in the

delivery of pregnancy care by all health professionals. It demands that health

professionals indoctrinate pregnant women into mental health treatment options for

mild depression-like symptoms experienced during or following pregnancy,

including moderate symptoms they call “baby blues†which they say affects

80% of pregnant women. In other words, this is a massive federate health mandate to

get the majority of pregnant and nursing mothers on psych drugs – a new tar

Big Pharma.

The bill was obviously written by the Big Pharma lobby and its

passage into law would be considered laughable except that it is actually

happening. The bill seeks to require taxpayer-funded grants to treat postpartum mood

and anxiety disorders, as defined in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and

Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. For those of you who don’t know, this

is the manual of vaguely defined mental health issues used by Big Pharma to

allow the sale of their expensive psych drugs and get payment from Medicare and

Medicaid at taxpayer expense. While some people certainly need help, this system

racks up billions in fraudulent sales per year – including the sale of dange

antipsychotic medications to our children. The Big Pharma lobby last year

spent tens of millions to ensure the government would continue to cover

vulnerable children so they could capitalize on this blatant scam.

As far as the Mothers Act goes, how can taxpayers be expected to pay

for drug treatments when the problem that isn’t even understood? As the bill

freely acknowledges “The causes of postpartum depression are complex and

unknown.†In a mysterious leap of faith the bill says that this condition requires medication to treat it even though such medication has never been

proven clinically effective and carries serious side effect risks for the mother and

baby, including cardiovascular birth defects.

The bill goes on to set up a system of taxpayer-funded grants to pay

for the treatments. It even commits you the taxpayer to funding “clinical

research for the development and evaluation of new treatments for postpartum

conditions, including new biological agents.†This means taxpayers will now

foot the bill of Big Pharma drug development including the most dangerous new

category of totally unproven pie-in-the-sky biological drugs that cost hundreds

of billions of dollars to develop and can irreparably injure within minutes!

 

Yes, and once you have paid a fortune to develop these biological gene-altering agents then you will pay the drug companies price so

that they can be freely dispensed to hundreds of thousands of pregnant and nursing

mothers. Taxpayers will be on the hook for tens of billions of wasted dollars.

 

Immediate Consumer Action is Needed

The Mothers Act has already passed the House (H.R. 20, the Melanie

Blocker Stokes Postpartum Depression, Research and Care Act). Word has it

that it is being snuck out of the HELP committee on Thursday or Friday of this

week and may be rammed through the Senate without any debate before the Easter

break.

Rather unbelievably up to this point is that the cause of defeating

this legislation has fallen onto the shoulders of one young mother, Amy

Philo. When she struggled with postpartum stress she was placed on the very same

psych drugs advocated for use in the Mothers Act legislation. She began having

violent thoughts towards her child and suicidal thinking. Her not very bright

doctor had her double and then triple her dose, nearly killing her. She is lucky

to be alive today and wants to warn other mothers of the dangers inherent

in the Mothers Act. Click here if you would like to view her YouTube story.

 

Immediate consumer action is needed to stop the Big Pharma-crafted

Mothers Act. Here are the two action steps you can take right now to help

make a difference:

> 1) Go to my CapWiz page and with two clicks of a mouse send an

opposition > letter to your Senators. > 2) Sign this petition, which is being used to pressure Senators

on the HELP > committee. > As natural health care professionals my wife Mary and I have helped

many women with pregnancy and postpartum health issues. We have plenty of

experience in natural options that work and four grown children of our own. To read

more about natural solutions I have used for years, go to Truth in

Wellness. THE MOTHERS ACT MUST BE STOPPED – YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED. © 2008 Truth in Wellness, LLC - All Rights Reserve VAt 05:01 AM 3/14/08, you wrote:

1. The Mother's Act (MUST read!),

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VoiceAnalysis soundstonedchick

Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:46 am (PDT)

BRANDING PREGNANCY AS MENTAL ILLNESS

Byron J. Richards, CCN, March 13, 2008

The Mothers Act is pending legislation that will indoctrinate hundreds of

 

thousands of mothers into taking dangerous psych drugs. It is a great

example of

how the Big Pharma lobby controls Congress to the detriment of health, as

 

well as needlessly and dramatically inflating the costs of our health

care system

for everyone. Like any piece of legislation it purports to address a

 

troubling issue ­ in this case the mood distress of mothers followi

postpartum depression. It is true that 10% - 15% of women need some

assistance

in dealing with this topic ­ but the majority of them sure donâ Big

Pharma. That is the Big Lie.

The Mothers Act (S. 1375: Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education,

 

Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act) has the net affect

of

reclassifying the natural process of pregnancy and birth as a mental

disorder that

requires the use of unproven and extremely dangerous psychotropic

medications

(which can also easily harm the child). Urgent consumer action (see

below) is

needed to stop this atrocity, as the Senate could now vote any day.

 

It is my understanding that the process of birth, the intimate bonding of

 

mother and child, and the placing of significant responsibility on the

father is

all part of a healthy culture and the backbone of the fabric that makes

strong

families and consequently our great nation. I fail to see why we need

laws

that force health care professionals to emphasize the idea that the

process is

some type of mental illness affecting 80% of all women ­ what a bog crap.

 

The Mothers Act proposes sweeping and dramatic changes in the delivery of

 

pregnancy care by all health professionals. It demands that health

professionals

indoctrinate pregnant women into mental health treatment options for mild

 

depression-like symptoms experienced during or following pregnancy,

including

moderate symptoms they call “baby blues†which they say affects 80%

of pregnant

women. In other words, this is a massive federate health mandate to get

the

majority of pregnant and nursing mothers on psych drugs ­ a new tar Big

Pharma.

The bill was obviously written by the Big Pharma lobby and its passage

into

law would be considered laughable except that it is actually happening.

The

bill seeks to require taxpayer-funded grants to treat postpartum mood and

anxiety

disorders, as defined in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and

Statistical

Manual of Mental Disorders. For those of you who don’t know, this is

the

manual of vaguely defined mental health issues used by Big Pharma to

allow the

sale of their expensive psych drugs and get payment from Medicare and

Medicaid at

taxpayer expense. While some people certainly need help, this system

racks up

billions in fraudulent sales per year ­ including the sale of dange

antipsychotic medications to our children. The Big Pharma lobby last year

spent

tens of millions to ensure the government would continue to cover

vulnerable

children so they could capitalize on this blatant scam.

As far as the Mothers Act goes, how can taxpayers be expected to pay for

drug

treatments when the problem that isn’t even understood? As the bill

freely

acknowledges “The causes of postpartum depression are complex and

unknown.†In

a mysterious leap of faith the bill says that this condition requires

 

medication to treat it even though such medication has never been proven

clinically

effective and carries serious side effect risks for the mother and baby,

 

including cardiovascular birth defects.

The bill goes on to set up a system of taxpayer-funded grants to pay for

the

treatments. It even commits you the taxpayer to funding “clinical

research for

the development and evaluation of new treatments for postpartum

conditions,

including new biological agents.†This means taxpayers will now foot

the bill

of Big Pharma drug development including the most dangerous new category

of

totally unproven pie-in-the-sky biological drugs that cost hundreds of

billions

of dollars to develop and can irreparably injure within minutes!

 

Yes, and once you have paid a fortune to develop these biological

gene-altering agents then you will pay the drug companies price so that

they can be

freely dispensed to hundreds of thousands of pregnant and nursing

mothers.

Taxpayers will be on the hook for tens of billions of wasted dollars.

 

Immediate Consumer Action is Needed

The Mothers Act has already passed the House (H.R. 20, the Melanie

Blocker

Stokes Postpartum Depression, Research and Care Act). Word has it that it

is

being snuck out of the HELP committee on Thursday or Friday of this week

and may

be rammed through the Senate without any debate before the Easter break.

 

Rather unbelievably up to this point is that the cause of defeating this

 

legislation has fallen onto the shoulders of one young mother, Amy Philo.

When she

struggled with postpartum stress she was placed on the very same psych

drugs

advocated for use in the Mothers Act legislation. She began having

violent

thoughts towards her child and suicidal thinking. Her not very bright

doctor had

her double and then triple her dose, nearly killing her. She is lucky to

be

alive today and wants to warn other mothers of the dangers inherent in

the

Mothers Act. Click here if you would like to view her YouTube story.

 

Immediate consumer action is needed to stop the Big Pharma-crafted

Mothers

Act. Here are the two action steps you can take right now to help make a

 

difference:

> 1) Go to my CapWiz page and with two clicks of a mouse send an

opposition

> letter to your Senators.

> 2) Sign this petition, which is being used to pressure Senators on

the HELP

> committee.

>

As natural health care professionals my wife Mary and I have helped many

 

women with pregnancy and postpartum health issues. We have plenty of

experience in

natural options that work and four grown children of our own. To read

more

about natural solutions I have used for years, go to Truth in Wellness.

THE

MOTHERS ACT MUST BE STOPPED ­ YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED.

© 2008 Truth in Wellness, LLC - All Rights Reserve

 

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