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10/06/09

In August more than 32,000 MomsRising members and sent a letter to the CEO of Kraft asking her to keep harmful chemicals out of Mac and Cheese. Here's the main point of the letter: I applaud the decision you made to remove synthetic growth hormones, artificial colorings like yellow #5, and chemical...

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Sarah Francis

Health Care

10/05/09

The over one million members of MomsRising have one top priority and that's our kids. We're willing to wear our support for health reform that works for America’s kids on our sleeves. And we're asking our legislators to wear it on their lapel. MomsRising is collecting photographs of members of...

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Donna Norton

Open Flexible Work

10/01/09

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog The US Senate decreed in 2003 that October be designated Work and Family Month . This year's observance started off with a BANG this morning with the Washington Post announcing on its front page that the "opt out revolution", i.e. working women leaving the board...

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Valerie Young

10/01/09

Before I begin, I want to thank MomsRising.org for bringing pediatric healthcare to the forefront of people’s minds. Healthcare reform is a highly debated topic, and sometimes the littlest patients get left out. It is our job as moms (and dads) to make sure our kids have a voice and are a part of...

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Michelle Perry

09/30/09

Written by Julia Kaye , Health Policy Associate, National Women's Law Center Last night, in a “hat-tip” to common-sense and efficacy, the Senate Finance Committee approved an amendment introduced by Chairman Baucus to provide funding for evidence-based comprehensive sex education. The Chairman...

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Thao Nguyen

09/30/09

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog The (Wo)man in Washington is always looking for ways to level the playing field for women. After all, the structure of our society and economy impacts men and women in different ways, and it is not accidental. Women, especially those with children, make up the...

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Valerie Young

Environmental Health

09/29/09

If it hadn’t been for the Big Macs that Joannie ate pretty much three times a week, she wouldn’t have gotten fat. If she hadn’t been exposed while in her mother’s womb to chemicals x, y and z, Joannie wouldn’t have had the propensity to get fat. And if Joannie’s mom had eaten more sensibly, both...

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Alice Shabecoff

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages Family Economic Security

09/28/09

On NPR this week, I was asked if there’s any good in the new statistics showing that women now outnumber men in the work force. Maybe. If it lets us embrace women as breadwinners, I said, that would be healthy. Even healthier: If men do their part at home and free women to keep the kinds of jobs...

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Sharon Meers

09/26/09

Written by Judy Waxman , Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center Last I heard, getting pregnant takes two. This morning, in the Senate Finance Committee’s mark-up of the America’s Healthy Future Act, Senator Kyl (R-AZ) introduced an amendment to strip the bill...

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Thao Nguyen

09/26/09

Many of our members are shocked to find out that most health insurance policies sold on the individual market do not cover maternity care at all.[1] Take, for example, Rebecca from New Mexico, who just wrote us this note last week: "My husband lost his full-time job and benefits in January, so we...

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