Fwd: Vote on Cloture S. 3297--Mother's Act--Fails

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Thank heaven!For more info, seehttp://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-the-dangerous-and-invasive-STOP THE DANGEROUS AND INVASIVE MOTHERS ACT=========ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, and Accountability http://www.ahrp.org and http://ahrp.blogspot.com FYIThe attempt to bypass Senate debate on S. 3297 failed.S. 3297: Advancing America's Priorities Act, an Omnibus compositelegislative group that includes the Melanie Blocker Stokes Mother's Actpathologizing women's normal mood swings following giving birth.The Mother's Act is named for a woman who was TREATED with one after anothermind altering psychotropic drug--including antidepressants, anti-anxietydrugs, and antipsychotics as well as electro-shock (ECT) --BEFORE she tookher life.She was 3 1/2 months postpartum when she jumped from a 12-story hotel windowin Chicago after her fourth psychiatric hospitalization. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/chi-030216postpartum,0,6318205.storyWe believe, it is reasonable to conclude that the treatments provided toMelanie Stokes--which are current best practice in psychiatry--failed. How wise is it, then, to introduce mass screening of women followed bytreatments such as Melanie Blocker Stokes received, treatments whoseoutcomes are demonstrably unsuccessful?The bill's sponsors claim Melanie Stoke's treatments for postpartumdepression were "too little, too late."The bill's sponsors attempted to invoke "Cloture," a formal method ofcutting off debate on a bill in the Senate and forcing a vote withoutdebate.What in feature in this bill do its proponents wish to hide that they fear adebate might bring to public knowledge? Why else has the Mother's Act never been discussed or brought to a vote bythe appropriate Senate committee? The bill's supporters failed to get 60 Senators to agree to invoke cloture. The vote today, reflected strict party partisanship: 52 Democrats for and 40 Republicans against, with 8 not voting.Of note: neither presidential contenders, Sen. Barak Obama nor Sen. JohnMcCain, voted.See roll call:http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110 & session=2 & vote=00189Contact: Vera Hassner Sharavveracare212-595-8974 =====In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.