Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2008.Here is a link explaining the bill at Washington Watch. You can read the bill (it is surprisingly short and straightforward) and leave comments. There is also a link (on the right under Take Action) to contact your Representative.
This is from Ya Chun's blog (serenityjoy.blogspot.com).
You can use my letter as a template or write your own, better note. It sure would be swell to get this HR 5979 passed by this year:
Dear ,
I am writing to ask you to help get HR 5979 Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2008 through the Committee and passed before the end of this year. ***The longer that Bill 5979 takes to pass, the more children that will die needlessly.***
This bill will legislate the standardized tracking of stillbirth data. This data can then be used to research and attempt to understand why seemingly healthy pregnancies suddenly end tragically. I held my child, a fully formed baby who died in my womb. Neither the doctors nor the autopsy can not explain why or how this happened. A unified reporting system throughout the country can help to track these deaths, in the same way that other deaths are tracked.
Please do everything in your power to get HR. 5979 through Congress. And please think of us, the grieving families around the world, on October 15th, the International Stillbirth and Pregnancy Loss Day of Remembrance.
Sincerely,
1 comment:
Great Travelwahine! I hope lots of friends and family write to Congress. Hopefully a large amount of letters will come thru in the next few weeks and get noticed!
Please note- I found a typo in my letter:
"autopsy can not explain"
should read "can explain"
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