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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Insanity In Law And “Medicine”… S.
1375 “The MOTHERS Act": From Permissiveness to Force
by Amy Philo, Zoloft Survivor; Website:
www.uniteforlife.org
Contact: 817-793-8028 (cell), 214-705-0169 (home) email:
amy@uniteforlife.org
(Additional endorsements against the bill are listed throughout this
website and on previous press releases, and a more complete list will be
uploaded soon.)
May 6, 2008
In 2006, a newborn baby was taken from a family in Washington by CPS
after reports that the mother gave birth at home. The mother was ordered
to take antidepressants and subsequently ordered not to breastfeed.
Eventually the family was able to get the baby girl back, and they fled
the state.
http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2006/07/05/
Another case of excessive state interference: A Novermber 10, 2007 blog
entry discusses a case of a Nebraska family whose child was taken by
DCFS because the family refused a routine newborn screening test.
http://clarateaches.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.html
A recent article in the New Jersey Star Ledger discussed the cases of
two women who were escorted by social workers and police to hospitals
for psychiatric treatment after mentioning that they were depressed.
Many New Jersey doctors now fear they will have to hospitalize women
indefinitely during cases of PPD. Certainly the pressure to treat with
drugs is greater now than it was prior to the state’s new PPD law.
http://www.uniteforlife.org/ppdcriminals.htm
Sadly, one third of US women are already taking psychiatric drugs at
some point during their pregnancies, according to the ACOG. Fifty
percent of pregnant women are never warned that there are risks for
their babies when they take antidepressants during pregnancy. There is a
concerted campaign by groups who receive pharmaceutical funding to
promote the idea that the risks for unborn babies or nurslings is
outweighed by the benefit the mother will receive from taking a drug.
However, as many have known for decades, this “benefit” scenario is
impossible because high serotonin causes severe mental and physical
problems. (see:
http://www.babywhys.org/serotonin%20syndrome.htm,
http://www.drugawareness.org/Ribbon/SSRIMeds.html,
http://www.uniteforlife.org/#prenatal)
Whether it is the foster care system drugging the young and vulnerable,
or PhRMA convincing the breastfeeding community and OBGYNs that
psychiatric drugs are safe for nursing and pregnant women, the evidence
that these drugs are ineffective makes any and every excuse offered
about so-called disorders irrelevant. The very significant risk of death
to the unborn, newborn, and young innocents in our society – either from
the toxic effects, or violence induced by the drugs, is a risk we must
not accept.
Dr. Erick Turner recently published the FDA-reviewed studies that drug
companies suppressed for decades, and combined them with the published
data. This report proves that there is no benefit whatsoever to taking
antidepressants. (http://www.uniteforlife.org/plosnobenefits.htm,
http://www.uniteforlife.org/doctorletter.htm,
http://www.uniteforlife.org/suppresseddata.htm) Another study
completed in Sweden proves that 80% of suicides committed by adults were
linked to the use of psychiatric drugs, particularly antidepressants and
antipsychotics. (http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/59/1/116-a,
http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=33878&cat=10)
Despite the fact that there is no benefit over placebo for any
antidepressant, many continue to push for expansion of the market in the
childbearing population. A nation of people getting legally high on
drugs with similar action to cocaine, LSD, PCP and methamphetamines is
the only kind of climate that could ever support all of the insane
policies being promoted and enacted.
http://www.babywhys.org/serotonin%20syndrome.htm#drugsaffectingserotonin
The New Jersey law mentioned earlier is about to become the law of our
land if we do not join forces and protest vigorously to stop that from
occurring. A tremendous amount of drug company money has been donated to
many groups who support proposed legislation called “The MOTHERS Act.”
The MOTHERS Act (H.R. 20 / S. 1375) passed in the House in October by a
two-thirds majority and is currently in the Senate HELP Committee.
S. 1375 will institute universal screening of new mothers and require
that any mother considered at risk for or showing warning signs of
depression or psychosis be referred to a mental health care provider and
given “essential services.” The bill considers “medication” essential.
It defines PPD as beginning any time in pregnancy. The MOTHERS Act
provides grants for nonprofit groups and others who will ensure
compliance with the law. It will also divert tax dollars to the
development of new drugs and experimentation on minorities. This
devotion to more research is ironic considering that Eli Lilly has a
derivative of Prozac sitting on its shelf which is considered safer than
Prozac, less likely than Prozac to induce suicide and self-harm,
according to the patent application. They chose not to market this drug.
The MOTHERS Act also requires the use of the Edinburgh Postnatal
Depression Scale (EPDS) to screen mothers. The EPDS has been shown to
triple the number of women “diagnosed” with PPD. Swedish scientists
recently warned that the EPDS is a completely unethical screening tool
and should not be used at all.
Many women who use psychiatric drugs after being tagged by bogus
screenings and frightened into compliance will become homicidal or
suicidal as a result of taking these drugs (the FDA warns that
antidepressants double the rate of suicidal behavior), and this could
lead to forced hospitalization or involvement from CPS. It is not
unlikely that children removed from their homes under these
circumstances will subsequently be drugged.
There are many groups pushing for the bill who stand to benefit
financially if it does pass. These groups promote the bill in spite of
all of the known risks and the lack of any benefit to mothers.
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) conducted a massive year-long
psychiatry symposium in 2007, which included 150,000 participants. For
this they received $825,000 from Eli Lilly for the first quarter of 2007
alone. The MGH website contains articles promoting antidepressants and
antipsychotic drugs to pregnant and breastfeeding women, a recent blog
entry claiming that there is no risk of heart defects for babies exposed
to Paxil in pregnancy, and a request for people to sign a “petition”
supporting The MOTHERS Act. Despite this Paxil and heart defects
“study,” the reality is that SSRIs and other antidepressants are behind
thousands upon thousands of cases of infant death via spontaneous
abortion, stillbirth, birth defects, preterm births, SIDS, homicide, and
more. The FDA MedWatch Database lists the drugs suspected of causing
Transposition of the Great Arteries – a rare heart defect. Paxil is
listed in approximately 66% of cases, and the remaining cases are
heavily linked with other SSRIs and serotonergic drugs. If there really
were a low absolute risk of a baby being born with a
cardiac defect after Paxil exposure, then it would probably only be due
to the fact that the rates of spontaneous abortion and stillbirth are
doubled with SSRIs, while preterm births are five times more likely.
http://www.uniteforlife.org/abortions.htm
Other drug company funded groups pushing to pass The MOTHERS Act include
(this is by no means a full list):
American Psychiatric Association - $412,331
received from Eli Lilly alone for the first
quarter of 2007
The March of Dimes - $7,500 received from Eli
Lilly alone for the first quarter of 2007
Mental Health America - $94,000 received from
Eli Lilly alone for the first quarter of
2007 ($2500 for a Legislative Education Day)
Suicide Prevention Action Network USA - $10,000
from Eli Lilly alone for the first
quarter of 2007
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) -
$544,500 from Eli Lilly alone for the
first quarter of 2007
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance –
receives more than 50% of their
overall funding from pharmaceutical companies
Sadly, the bill is also promoted in honor of a pharmaceutical sales
manager named Melanie Stokes, who committed suicide, leaving her 3
1/2-month-old daughter motherless. Melanie was abused with electroshock
and four separate three-drug cocktails of different brands of
antidepressants, anti-anxiety, and antipsychotic drugs. The
antidepressant drugs Melanie took increase the risk of PPP 1000%. She
was put through numerous drug and dose changes prior to her death. The
FDA also warns that dose changes of psychiatric drugs lead to suicide
and psychosis. Despite Melanie’s use of antipsychotic drugs, proponents
of the bill also claim that Melanie was not promptly treated for
post-partum psychosis.
To learn more about The MOTHERS Act, as well as homicidal and suicidal
urges caused by the drugs, and about the suffering of babies and
children who are exposed in pregnancy and through nursing, please visit
www.uniteforlife.org and watch
our playlist on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=366E5CDDFC2C4E04
Additional resources for preventing and treating PPD safely:
http://www.uniteforlife.org/MOTHERpress.htm#prevention
Please share our petition against The MOTHERS Act with others:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-the-dangerous-and-invasive-mothers-act
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