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Why We Must Stand Up For the Right to Breastfeed

September 9, 2009
Right now in America, working mothers are being discriminated against solely because they breastfeed their children. Last week the Ohio Supreme Court threw logic out the window when it ruled that a woman was rightfully fired for taking breaks at work to pump breast milk. Apparently it would have...
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Jeff Merkley

Women and Healthcare - We've Got More Skin In The Game

September 8, 2009
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog It's tempting to just screen out all the noise and hoopla about healthcare reform. The TV glows with dozens of "experts" nattering on and on. Newspapers are full of charts and graphs. One group yells, another group yells louder. It would be easy to shrug your...
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Valerie Young
Environmental Health

You are the Target of a Toxic Chemical's P R Blitz

September 4, 2009
This past spring, the companies that make and use the chemical bisphenol-A, BPA, convened a meeting in Washington, DC, to devise a reassuring media campaign, which they have just now launched. Young mothers aged 21-35, such as MomsRising members, are the target. The meeting minutes noted that their...
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Alice Shabecoff
Environmental Health Health Care

Lead in lipstick: FDA gives moms the toxic kiss off

September 3, 2009
It took nearly two years, but FDA has finally published its study on lead in lipstick, and the findings are not reassuring. FDA found up to four times more lead in lipstick than previous reports. Even less reassuring is the fact that FDA spent two years studying the problem, only to discover that,...
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Stacy Malkan
Paid Sick Days Health Care Family Economic Security

H1N1 - Your thoughts?

September 2, 2009
Wow. H1N1 is on moms' minds. Over 33,000 people signed on to the petition we sent around last week, agreeing that: "The United States needs to allow all working people to earn paid sick days to ensure our economic security, and protect public health." The leaders of our nation are working hard to...
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Katie Bethell
Health Care

Children Are a Critical Piece of the Health Reform Puzzle

September 1, 2009
As a mom and a child health advocate, I am deeply concerned about our children who rely upon the Medicaid program and their ability to access specialty care. Medicaid is the largest insurer of children. One in four children in this country depends on Medicaid for health care coverage. Pediatric...
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Jill Fraggos
Food!

Fed Up: A Back To School Plan For Healthier Lunches

September 1, 2009
While Washington continues to debate the need for a health care overhaul, a related challenge gets far too little attention. Over the past 40 years, child obesity has increased dramatically - rising by 150% among 2 to 5 year olds, 400% among children 6 to 11 years old and more than 300% among young...
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Making the World a Safer, Better Place

August 31, 2009
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog, contributed by MOTHERS volunteer and guest blogger Rosanne Weston Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a 71-year-old mother and grandmother, is the President of Liberia and the first female head of state elected in Africa. She pledged to “bring motherly sensitivity and emotion...
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Valerie Young

Real Food in Schools? Now There's a Concept

August 30, 2009
The Time for Lunch campaign, including a Labor Day Potluck/Sit-In on September 7, offers a chance to protest the junk America is feeding schoolkids.
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Annette Laing

Senator Kennedy was a force of nature, a lion, an elegant street fighter for social justice

August 29, 2009
Senator Kennedy was a force of nature, a lion, an elegant street fighter for social justice. He touched many lives and changed the direction of our nation for the good in big and small, public and private ways. We celebrate his life and mourn his passing. An amazing group of people came together to...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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