S.1375 - Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act

A bill to ensure that new mothers and their families are educated about postpartum depression, screened for symptoms, and provided with essential services, and to increase research at the National Institutes of Health on postpartum depression. view all titles (3)

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  • Short: Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to ensure that new mothers and their families are educated about postpartum depression, screened for symptoms, and provided with essential services, and to increase research at the National Institutes of Health on postpartum depression. as introduced.
  • Short: MOTHERS Act as introduced.

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10/20/11
S.1375: Ending Excessive Corporate...

Official government data, breaking news and blog coverage, public comments and user community for S.1375 Ending Excessive Corporate Deduc...

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07/31/09
H.R.3509: Agricultural Credit Act ...

Related Bills. S.1375 A bill to amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthoriz...IntroducedJun 25, 20096 views ... OpenCongress ...

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09/22/08
26 new messages in 26 topics - digest

called the "Mothers Act." Critics say the bill, S.1375, is dangerous to mothers and newborns and a violation of informed consent, despite...

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09/19/08
Keith Connects The Dots: Don’t P...

through the appropriate committee, The MOTHERS Act (S. 1375) has never passed. through the HELP Committee and, to my knowledge, has not e...

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09/02/08
Barack Obama endorses “Mother’...

To that end, several of my colleagues have introduced S.1375, which calls for states to provide to women who have recently given birth ed...

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08/12/08
Giggles-n-Gulps » MOTHERS Act

The Moms Opportunity to Access Help, Education, Research and Support for Postpartum Depression Act, or MOTHERS Act (S. 1375), will ensure...

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08/03/08
Senate Bill Proposes to Screen and...

Introduced in May 2007, and presently lodged in the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, S. 1375 would provide the impetu...

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08/01/08
SSRI for Expectant Mothers

Please register this extreme objection to the proposed MOTHERS Act (S. 1375) which is now before you in committee. It is my earnest hope ...

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07/30/08
Government to Test Moms for Baby B...

The Melanie Blocker Stokes Mother’s Act, or S. 1375, is named after a pharmaceutical sales manager who killed herself by jumping out of...

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07/29/08
DSCC: Democratic Senatorial Campai...

Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act (S. 1375) Vision Care for Kids Act (HR 507/S. 1117) Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Aw...

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