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Setting "The Record" Straight on the "Mothers Act"

Written by Morgan Duncan
Friday, 23 May 2008
Amy Philo on the "Mothers Act", and she's giving it to you straight Setting "The Record" Straight on the "Mothers Act" by Amy Philo “You've thrown the worst fear That can ever be hurled Fear to bring children Into the world For threatening my baby Unborn and unnamed You ain't worth the blood That runs in your veins How much do I know To talk out of turn You might say that I'm young You might say I'm unlearned But there's one thing I know Though I'm younger than you Even Jesus would never Forgive what you do” – lyrics from “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan Elise Young, reporter for The Record, a New Jersey paper, recently published an article on a federal bill called The MOTHERS Act, which was so far south of balanced journalism that it would more appropriately be categorized as an ad for the psycho/pharmaceutical industry. It certainly was not an unbiased look at the very strong and widespread opposition to the bill based on valid criticisms. No, this reporter was more interested in a puff piece for the Psycho/Pharma cartel complete with the standard (and very tired old line) that the only possible opposition to a bill which would increase the number of new mothers being put on antidepressant drugs documented by the US FDA to cause mania, psychosis, worsening depression, suicidal and homicidal tendencies would be...that's right... the Scientologists. For no other American would possibly be concerned that the bill was originally named after a new mother by the name of Melanie Stokes, who after being diagnosed with postpartum depression, put on a cocktail of psychiatric drugs, hospitalized and then electroshocked--in other words "treated" in the mental health system--committed suicide. Judging from his comments in this article, US Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey apparently cares more about revenue for the businesses in his state than he does about the Constitution or the citizens who will be put in danger if this bill passes the Senate (most of the world’s pharmaceutical companies are located in New Jersey). No attention has been paid in this article to those already harmed by the New Jersey version of this PPD law, which has been used to justify the police-forced transport of mothers to psychiatric hospitals. The Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act states that PPD is treatable if attended to with medication. It provides grants to those who will help ensure that all women considered at risk for depression (including pregnant women) are referred to mental health care providers and in some cases, prophylactically drugged or hospitalized. Pharmaceutical sales manager Melanie Stokes was abused to death in 2001 by our mental health system with four successive cocktails of prescribed antidepressant, anti-anxiety and antipsychotic drugs as well as electroshock. Following her fourth psychiatric hospitalization since her daughter’s birth, Melanie jumped out of a 12-story hotel window in Chicago, leaving 3 1/2 month old Sommer motherless. Antidepressants have been proven to be no better than a sugar pill, and they carry a black box warning for doubling suicidal behavior and thinking. They also increase the risk of psychosis for new moms 1000%. It is an outrage that anyone would use Melanie’s name to attempt to pass a bill that will undoubtedly kill more women and children. Prior to the publication of Elise Young’s piece on The MOTHERS Act, I provided her numerous resources: · Lists of pharma-backed groups who support the bill, and the dollar amounts they received from pharmaceutical companies · Medical literature on the dangers and ineffectiveness of antidepressant drugs including the risk of death and birth defects for babies exposed to them · Contacts for the numerous groups and victims endorsing our fight to stop this bill Dr. Ann Blake Tracy also called Elise Young prior to publication but Young was unable to spend long on the phone and subsequently failed to include in this piece information about her conversation with Dr. Tracy, or any of the resources that we provided to her other than the URL for my website. Lies were reported as facts on the sidebar of this article, such as that medication actually improves or eliminates symptoms- and in the piece itself were quotations from Robert Menendez misinforming the public about drugs, lies about the bill itself, and also insulting the opposition by calling our arguments “wrong-minded.” The fact that Scientologists oppose psychiatric drugs does not diminish the truth about the dangers of antidepressants. Are the FDA and the researchers published in medical journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine part of Scientology? After all, the FDA requires black box warnings on antidepressant labels and ads, something that was not added to this article. And the NEJM published previously suppressed information showing that antidepressants are ineffective! The Record’s irresponsible publishing of this article as well as their failure to allow our movement even the right to continue commenting on the piece online are like a slap in the face to all those lost to or harmed by these drugs. I wonder whether the paper’s management have any journalistic integrity at all. In 2004 I was prescribed Zoloft when only six days postpartum, for anxiety after my firstborn son Isaac nearly died from choking at the age of three days. Instead of being helped by Zoloft, I was plagued by constant drug-induced homicidal thoughts toward my baby beginning with a hallucination of throwing him down the stairs. I loved Isaac so much that I would have rather sacrificed my own life than live another day fearing I might hurt him. This was why I initially went to the ER after three days on Zoloft, because I thought perhaps they could help me, and Isaac would not have to grow up without a mother. Instead I became an involuntary patient in the psychiatric ward for two days where I was forced to continue Zoloft and nearly given a host of other drugs. By the end of my time on Zoloft five months later I would constantly imagine murdering my cats, mom, husband, neighbors, baby, and then committing suicide to finish it all. I eventually went against medical advice and tapered off the drug, which resulted in my return to normal and saved me and my family from continuing pain and fear. Doctors did not recognize that any of my problems were caused by Zoloft and their only recommendation was to not have more children or stay on drugs indefinitely. My second son Toby would never have been born if I had listened to their advice. Toby and Isaac are worth every hour I spend fighting, and I hope and pray that when my children grow up, they will not have to go to outrageous lengths to protect their families from bull like the ridiculous excuses for medical care that I received, or from the outrageous human rights violations and attempts to murder millions of innocents that we see from the sugar-coated MOTHERS Act and its deceptive salespeople. URGENT! Sign the petition against the MOTHERS Act at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-the-dangerous-and-invasive-mothers-act Visit http://www.uniteforlife.org/ Bookmark with: Delicious Digg reddit Facebook StumbleUpon What are these?

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