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10/31/12

I'm voting because healthcare is more than a campaign talking point for me and my son, Cody. Cody, now 25 years old, was in college when he was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. But like many young adults, he held two part-time jobs, neither of which offered insurance and he’d been dropped from my...

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Teri Kepner

10/31/12

I am committed to voting this November so my daughter continues to have the healthy future she deserves. Our daughter has Type 1 Diabetes. It's a chronic, life-threatening disease. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, I no longer worry that she'll lose coverage or be denied coverage in the future...

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Elaine Cornett

Childcare & Early Education Health Care

10/31/12

Last week I was watching the popular TV show The Middle , and parents Mike and Frankie Heck were struggling to remember if they’d ever spoken to their kids about sex. “That’s what schools are for,” Frankie, the mom joked. Yikes! The good news is, unlike in the show, 90 percent of parents have...

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Leslie Kantor

Paid Family Leave

10/31/12

Thirty-four years ago this week, Congress enacted the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) to remedy a long history of discrimination against pregnant workers and promote equal opportunity. The PDA opened workplace doors, making clear that employers could not fire, fail to hire or otherwise penalize...

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Dina Bakst

10/31/12

I'm voting for the healthcare security of our son who has been battling cancer. Our 9-year old son has been battling a rare cancer called a sarcoma for over 5 years. Unfortunately, this disease will be treated as a chronic condition for the rest of his life. I was so grateful and relieved the night...

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Tracy Heiman

10/30/12

I am the mother of two girls. My daughter Jennifer is 27-years-old and a third year law school student. My daughter Julie is 25-years-old. Julie’s life has been filled with numerous road blocks. Julie had her first heart procedure at age 12 and the last 13 years have been filled with many ups and...

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Lisa Doyle

MomsVote

10/30/12

I'm the proud mother of two wonderful boys with bright futures. Unfortunately, one of my sons has a serious pre-existing condition: cystic fibrosis. For him, access to health care is the key to that bright future. That's why I'm voting in November's election and why I'm urging everyone who cares...

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Christine Farley

10/30/12

When you are the mother of a child with severe disabilities you can’t help but worry about what’s going to happen to her once you are gone. When she is your only child, and you have no other children or relatives who are likely to survive you and care for her, it feels perilous. You really hope...

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Emily Townsend

10/30/12

HOUSTON, Tex. -- This past weekend, I represented MomsRising.org at the 4th annual Latinos in Social Media (LATISM) conference. LATISM is the largest online network of Latinos with 148,000 members on Facebook alone. I was honored to speak at a health reform panel with (middle) Laura Tellado,...

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Elisa Batista

10/30/12

Co-written with Katherine Ullman. Joan once wrote that the way for women to gain equality was to die childless at thirty, based on data that young women without kids earn almost as much as men. Turns out even that won't guarantee equality. A new report released last week by the American Association...

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