Please take time to write your U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senators requesting their co-sponsorship for this very important legislation. Go to our blog posting and follow these steps to communicate with your members of Congress. Help future parents not suffer the horrible loss. Here are the other organizations endorsing the bill: American Congress… [Read more…]
January 25, 2012
Calling all MISS members, please follow these steps to contact your two U.S. Senators and one House of Representative urging them to co-sponsor the “Stillbirth and SUID Prevention, Education and Awareness Act” (S1862/HR3418). Step 1: Find the contact information for your Congressman and U.S. Senators using this website – Contacting Your Congress. Step 2: Use… [Read more…]
September 14, 2011
CALL FOR HOUSE CO-SPONSORS! All MISS members must contact their U.S. House of Representative requesting their co-sponsorship of H.R. 1037 – the Stillbirth Research and Awareness Act of 2011. Please call your Congressperson’s office and ask for the staff member who deals with Health issues. Tell the staff member that you want your Congressperson to co-sponsor H.R.… [Read more…]
March 18, 2011
CALL FOR HOUSE CO-SPONSORS! All MISS members must contact their U.S. House of Representative requesting their co-sponsorship of H.R. 1037 – the Stillbirth Research and Awareness Act of 2011. Please call your Congressperson’s office and ask for the staff member who deals with Health issues. Tell the staff member that you want your Congressperson to… [Read more…]
March 2, 2011
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Rep. Peter King (R-NY) plan to introduce each of their stillbirth research legislation. Please stay tuned for further information and grassroots action alerts.
May 19, 2010
Dear Grieving Family Members Who Have Lost an Infant, A U.S. Senate and House bill addressing stillbirth deaths, sudden unexpected infant death and children’s health is the most powerful awareness our issues have seen. Sen. Frank Lautenberg and Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. asks all MISS members help to generate as many Congressional Legislative Co-sponsors as… [Read more…]
November 30, 2009
Two additional congressional legislative bills – Senate Bill 1445 by U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and H.R. 3212 by Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) – address stillbirths and child deaths. Here is what the two bills will do. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants… [Read more…]
March 2, 2009
Dear U.S. Congress, On behalf of the millions of grieving parents and relatives of stillbirths in America, please pass H.R. 521 – The Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2009. Stillbirths are the number one child killer in America representing 30,000 deaths in America – ten times more than SIDS. H.R. 521 – by United… [Read more…]
January 27, 2009
Couple finds outlet for grief after losing firstborn Stillbirth remains shrouded in silence, advocates say, but they are seeking attention from Congress. By Mary Ann Roser AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Friday, January 02, 2009 The nursery was decorated, the tiny dresses were hung, and the baby already had a name: Madeleine. After 11 years of marriage and… [Read more…]
September 12, 2008
Dear Sens. McCain and Obama, Prove your campaign pledge as parents do not have a lobbyist representing them and grieving parents are not a special interest therefore the stillbirth issue has been ignored. Reach across the party aisle and help the American family as both of you have promised. In 2002, Sen. McCain helped secure… [Read more…]
February 7, 2012
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