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12/22/09

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org As Your (Wo)man in Washington , I focus on how the public policy work done in the nation's capital (or perhaps, more often, left undone) will affect your life wherever you are. From time to...

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Valerie Young

Health Care

12/21/09

Age discrimination in the form of age rating, the practice of allowing private insurers to charge people higher premiums solely based on age, is wrong. And Congress is buying the false argument from the insurance companies that without age rating, insurance will be too expensive for younger people...

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Natale Zimmer

Health Care

12/21/09

You asked, she answered! Last month, we collected your questions on health reform for Senator Patty Murray. Senator Murray responded personally to MomsRising members, creating her video response that you can see right here: We're grateful that Senator Murray took time out to speak directly with us...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Health Care Food!

12/21/09

Here is the round up for this week. A lot of interesting articles and concern for food safety, which is good. Remember, to receive articles and food safety information and recalls sign up for our S.T.O.P. E-alerts . Have a great weekend! 26,500 school cafeterias lack required inspections USA Today...

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Donna Rosenbaum

12/18/09

Will one of your Senators be the Grinch Who Stole Healthcare Reform? The vote in the Senate is going to be incredibly close and the loss or gain of just one or two Senators could make or break this historic chance to finally start fixing our broken healthcare system. We are now just days away from...

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Donna Norton

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

12/18/09

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org I've written here before about Jody Heymann's work in Raising the Global Floor: Dismantling the Myth that We Can't Afford Good Working Conditions for Everyone . The only reason we don't have...

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Valerie Young

12/16/09

A lot of parents feel schools should teach sex ed—promoting abstinence only when it comes to Mountain Dew or Red Bull. But we can’t really outsource this task entirely. To have sexually healthy kids, parents need to talk about the birds, bees and STDs. And timing is everything. Last week, a study...

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Amy Cross

12/15/09

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Few women get excited about Social Security, the most successful and efficient effort undertaken by the federal government. I know, I know, I've heard all the excuses - all those numbers, it...

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Valerie Young

Environmental Health

12/15/09

When I read that there are 100s of toxic chemicals in human cord blood (including BPA ), I feel a little sick. And when I read that there are 100s of toxic chemicals in pregnant women's blood , I feel a little sicker. Especially since many of the chemicals identified in the cord blood samples cause...

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Lisa Frack

Paid Family Leave

12/14/09

A single mom needs work; she’s literally thinking about applying for welfare. As she writes on her blog , “I had been looking for a better job, but there were none to be had in the low-income/high-unemployment area where I lived. And I couldn’t get a full-time job anyway — I was still on the...

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