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04/27/12

Last month, in a post about developments in legislation to limit the use of restraints on pregnant women, I wrote that Florida might become the next state to say no to shackles in the delivery room... and it has! On April 8, Governor Scott signed the bill to establish uniform rules against...

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Rachel Roth

04/27/12

The truth: There I was, Director of Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, champion of limiting children’s screen time, playing Angry Birds on the subway. The justification: There I was, Director of Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, champion of limiting children’s screen time, after a...

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Susan Linn

Environmental Health

04/27/12

If we set our minds to it, we can turn back the rising tide of autism. But it will take the courage to embrace the following common-sense goal, in both policy and practice: Expecting parents and young children should not take in chemical contaminants that are known to harm developing minds. This...

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Kristin Schafer

Environmental Health

04/26/12

The media is all abuzz with contradictory rumors and statements after a case of mad-cow disease (or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE ) was found this week in California. The beef industry assures there's nothing to worry about. Understandably, consumers are confused. Here is the first thing to...

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Laetitia Mailhes

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health

04/26/12

We did it! We let Procter & Gamble know that their continued support of ALEC was unacceptable. And they dropped ALEC. As the main lobbyist source of the "kill at will" gun law that murdered Trayvon Martin, and proponent of voter ID laws that would disproportionately suppress women's voting...

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Cynthia Liu

Health Care MomsVote

04/26/12

Did you know that domestic violence can be considered a pre-existing condition by health insurance companies? If you have a history of abuse, your insurance company can legally deny you coverage or increase your premiums. Horrifying, right? Since the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, there are...

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Claire Moshenberg

04/25/12

Parents need better, more modern workplace practices. MomsRising has worked on this for years. Flexibility, telework, and non-linear career paths are all workplace practices that are good for business, mothers, kids, and everyone else. Our own Joan Blades and Nanette Fondas wrote a book called The...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Paid Sick Days Health Care Open Flexible Work

04/25/12

by Rachel Sarnoff, Executive Director & CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org Happiest Babies Are Soothed by 5 S’s Can simple soothing take the place of sugar? That was the takeaway from a new study published this week in the journal Pediatrics. In a study involving more than 200...

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Rachel Sarnoff

Environmental Health

04/24/12

Last week was a busy one for Sofía Gatica. On Monday, she won the global Goldman Environmental Prize for her efforts to protect her children and neighbors from pesticides. On Wednesday, she asked President Obama to investigate Monsanto’s “pesticide poisonings and livelihood harms” in her community...

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Kristin Schafer

04/24/12

MomsRising does a great job of creating a community of support for women. We at www.ctworkingmoms.com strive to create a similar sense of community and work to foster an environment of respect, honesty and encouragement. We just started a new series based off of our blogger Stephanie Wright's...

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