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08/04/09
By Nancy Duff Campbell, Co-President, National Women's Law Center - Nancy Duff Campbell is a founder and co-president of the National Women’s Law Center, one of the nation’s pre-eminent women’s rights organizations. A recognized expert on women’s law and public policy issues, for over thirty-five...
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08/03/09
Hi all! Once again I will be hosting the newly renamed "Parents Caucus" at Netroots Nation this year. Because last year's event at an ice cream parlor in Austin was a success , I will once again take the event offsite to -- the Hard Rock Cafe in Pittsburgh! All are invited, including children. We...
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07/31/09
Exhibit A: MomsRising member, Donna, from Wyoming somehow wrangled a State Director of Senator Enzi’s office to travel a hundred miles to see her and other MomsRising members about healthcare. Here’s what she had to say about their meeting this week: "I would encourage especially those moms who...
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07/30/09
Today is Governor Schwarzenegger's birthday. But we're not exactly in the mood to throw him a party right now. On Tuesday, the Governor used his line-item veto authority to revise the state budget and add another $50 million in cuts to the state's Healthy Families Program, bringing the total cuts...
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07/30/09
Two recent studies both expose and excuse OBs who perform cesareans for their own safety, fiscal welfare, and personal anxieties, rather than in response to the genuine health status of mother and baby.
07/30/09
Want to say goodbye to those ever increasing parental worries about toxic chemicals used in everything from sunblock to beach balls, and even canned peaches? So do we! We're sick and tired of reading report after report about dangers associated with the products we use everyday: Biphenol-A (BPA) in...
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07/29/09
It's that time... excruciating pain, exhaustion, breathe and PUSH!!!! Yes, it's up to us again. We've got to push Congress to give birth to healthcare reform! Stalling on a vote in Congress is the key strategy of the opponents of healthcare reform.[1] Keep the momentum going forward. Tell your...
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07/29/09
President Barack Obama is making his case for healthcare reform in various town hall meetings across the country. Most recently, he had a bullet-point-style message on why the insured should support his healthcare plan. From the Washington Post : "* No Discrimination for Pre-Existing Conditions:...
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07/28/09
How many chemicals are in everyday products? How much of them do we make every year? What could they do to the environment and health? No one knows and no one's really trying to find out, but we can put an end to the idiocy.
07/28/09
Today we are joining tens of thousands of health care advocates to start making history by calling for health care reform that meets the needs of women and their families. Along with all our partners at Health Care for America Now, the National Women’s Law Center is asking health advocates to...
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