Rosie & Fran Drescher on Cancer, HPV, Vaccinations, Breastfeeding
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Health and Wellness
Blog For Choice
It’s that time of year again. The time of year that I blog about choice. Pro-choice, that is. This year’s theme is WHY I vote “pro-choice”. I think I’ll just quote Hillary’s views on “choice”:
“Women’s right to make choices about their reproductive health has been systematically challenged and family planning and contraception are under attack. All women must be able to make their own choices about their reproductive health.”
I don’t want you making reproductive choices for me. I don’t want you making reproductive choices for my daughters. I don’t want to make reproductive choices for you or for your daughters. I certainly don’t want the state or federal government making reproductive choices for any of us.
I am pro-choice and I don’t just vote – I vote pro-choice.
Vote!
Vote for Catherine’s video, and her daughter’s too. And make one of your own, while you’re thinking about it.
Blog Day For The Mothers Act
Have you heard about The Mothers Act? It’s legislation that would increase federal efforts to combat postpartum depression by:
• Requiring medical professionals to educate new mothers and their families about postpartum depression before they leave the hospital,
• Offering the opportunity for new mothers to be screened for postpartum depression symptoms during the first year of postnatal check-up visits,
• Providing social services to new mothers suffering from postpartum depression and their families,
• Increasing funding for research on postpartum conditions at the National Institutes of Health.
From the Postpartum Support International
Up to 800,000 women in the U.S. will develop a diagnosable perinatal mood disorder this year! (This does not include women whose babies are stillborn, who miscarry or suffer pregnancy termination). Yet only 15% of these women will receive any treatment.
Women like Dooce, Kat Stone, Erin Kotecki Vest and, Kari have blogged about their experience with PPD. Please join us today and share your own stories or encourage others to blog for awareness of PPD and in support of The Mothers Act.
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Blog Day for the Mothers Act
On October 24th I’ll be blogging in support of the Mothers Act. I’ll also give my senator a call. How about you?
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Hillary Clinton wants to reduce the number of abortions
I’m not sure how I missed the video, oh wait I remember now, I was a little busy and just read the transcript. Ah well, here it is – better late than never:
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Deer Hunting with Jesus
And to think I almost skipped reading Deer Hunting with Jesus, that would have been a shame particularly since I’ve invoked the “C word” quite a bit over the last few months.
Liberals, (politicians and their supporters), should do themselves (and the country) a favor and read Deer Hunting with Jesus. Then, spend some time figuring out how to talk to the working class poor because the status quo is simply not cutting it. Millions of people in this country are under-educated, over-worked and under-paid and they do not have time, interest or knowledge to sort out the rhetoric and propaganda. They can’t relate to wealthy politicians of any political persuasion but they can relate to the conservative BS that scares them or inspires them and doesn’t make it necessary for them to do any thinking – all they have to do is believe in God, Country and Family … and they do. A little healthy fear of people who aren’t like them gets tossed in for good measure and the republican vote is all locked up.
As an aside, it was a pleasant surprise to skim through the Acknowledgments for the book and see one of my favorite blogs listed: Peacebang… Joe Bageant has great taste in religious bloggers.
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Global Health Issue: Go Vote
The women of BlogHers Act have created a poll so that you can vote on the Global Women’s Health Initiative that BlogHer will focus on. What’s your issue? Vote! And let others know that they can vote, too.
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Edwards Live Strong Bracelet
I wish Edwards would take off the Live Strong Bracelet. I guess I could be glad he’s not wearing a pink breast cancer bracelet but still, it bugs me.
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