Guest guest Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 These Damn BASTARDS!!!! I swear! Bush Is going to be in my town tomorrow, and its a good thing I have to work! Im so damn pissed off at all this crap! I can not have the Jerks thrown in prison...and now they try to hide behind a law saying we can not sue! Where the HELL is THE JUSTICE IN AMERICA????????? > Concerning Bill Frist's latest, S. 2207...the " Pregnancy and Trauma Care Access Protection Act. " > > Regardless as to whether parents have or haven't filed a claim in VICA, civil court, or have a RhoGAM lawsuit, these lawsuits are VERY important, especially those that allow for a discovery phase. Discovery will reveal what the drug companies knew---very important for all of us! Currently there is legislation (Frist, S2207) that will go to vote this coming week...it contains the same language as S2601. > > If this legislation passes the following will happen: > > - All RhoGAM lawsuits that have not yet been filed will be at risk of being kicked out completely. It narrows statute of limitations. Basically, those children who are over seven will not be allowed in civil court. For those who are younger, it limits damages received. Keep in mind that punitive damages are what make negligent companies suddenly become less negligent. > > - It restricts expert witnesses to only those in mainstream medicine. Osteopaths, or anyone of the like, will not be allowed to speak on behalf of our children as an expert witness. And that's just the beginning. Go to www.thomas.loc.gov to view this legislation.We need your help immediately!!! > > Some RhoD Products, including RhoGAM, typically administered to all RH- mothers during pregnancy, contained Thimerosal and will be affected by this bill. A recent study found that almost half of all children with autism were exposed to Thimerosal during their pregnancy by RhoD products. It may also impact litigation regarding flu vaccines administered during pregnancy as well. > If we allow this bill to stop RhoD lawsuits, it is the first step to shut down all future vaccine lawsuits. This is because RhoD litigation is vital to the other vaccine injury lawsuits moving forward. Mercury damage to a fetus is well documented. If these lawsuits are won, it is just a side step to prove that mercury can also damage one-day-old babies or two-month-old babies as well. > > Here is what we all need to do: > > Fax AND call your Senator ASAP. Please make plans to do both! Enter your zip code in the box at the bottom of this page (http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/grassroots.php) under " Write to Congress " and it will give you your state's elected officials and all of their contact information. Contacting the two Senators in your state is the first step. Then we need to fax all Senators that we think may provide us with the swing votes needed in the Senate: , Chafee, Snowe and McCain. Also it is important to contact the Senators that have helped us in other Floor fights: Dodd, Clinton, Daschle, Kennedy, , and . Here is all of their information. > > , (R-ME) > 172 Senate Office Building > Washington, DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-2523 > Fax: (202) 224-2693 > Email: http://collins.senate.gov/low/contactemail.htm > > Snowe, Olympia (R-ME) > 154 Senate Office Building > Washington, DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-5344 > Fax: (202) 224-1946 > Email: olympia@s... > > Chafee, Lincoln (R-RI) > 141A Senate Office Building > Washington, DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-2921 > Fax: (202) 228-2853 > Email: http://chafee.senate.gov/webform.htm > > Sen. Dodd (D-CT) > 448 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING > WASHINGTON DC 20510 > Phone (202) 224-2823 > Fax (202) 228-1683 > E-mail: http://dodd.senate.gov/webmail/ > > Sen. Kennedy (D-MA) > 317 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-4543 > Fax: (202) 224-2417 > senator@k... > > Clinton, Hillary (D - NY) > 476 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-4451 > Fax (202) 228-0282 > E-mail: http://clinton.senate.gov/email_form.html > > McCain, (R-AZ) > 241 Senate Office Building > Washington, DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-2235 > Fax: (202) 228-2862 > Email: http://mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=Contact.Home > > PLEASE DO THIS ASAP. Forward this note to all the members of your family that you think will help. If they don't mind, do the work for them. Just substitute their name at the bottom of your letter and send it to their Senator or yours again. The staff will be counting names, not looking specifically at letters. We need to inundate them with calls and faxes. They need to know that thousands of parents are watching! > > Below is a sample letter should you wish to use it. (Feel free to use it or your own.) > > (Sample letter) > > Dear Senator _______, > > STOP S2207!!!! > > I am writing to you to vote NO to S2207. Although this bill is supposed to provide relief to doctors from frivolous lawsuits, it also contains language that protects pharmaceutical manufacturers from product liability lawsuits if their products were FDA approved. We all know that FDA approval does not always equate with a drug being safe or free of harm. Just look at thaliomide for example. > > Our concern stems from the use of Thimerosal, a mercury preservative, administered to all RH- mothers during the pregnancy. It is well documented that mercury exposure causes neurodevelopmental disorders in a fetus. Current research is linking exposure to Thimerosal either during pregnancy from RhoD or after birth from vaccines to adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes including ADD and autism in some children. > > Lawsuits stemming from exposure to mercury via Thimerosal are presently winding their way through the courts across the US and this bill will effectively stop them. > > If RhoD lawsuits are stopped, other lawsuits of mercury- poisoned/vaccine-injured children presently suing pharmaceutical companies for their vaccine injuries could be next. The attachment of this provision in a popular bill is reminiscent of the same attempt made when an attachment was added to the Homeland Security bill again protecting pharmaceutical manufacturers who used thimerosal from liability. > > S. 2207 makes it much harder to hold drug companies and the makers of medical devices accountable by restricting victims' rights to call witnesses, further shielding drug companies and incompetent health care providers from accountability. > > Please don't take away the rights of families and their children who have been harmed. > > Protect your voters! Not big companies responsible for injuring children. Thank you for your help. > > Sincerely, > > Your name, your mother, your father, your brothers, sisters, etc, etc. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 This crap pisses me off! I would love to meet Frist face to face someday! I have to keep quiet....Because I want to say so much... But I am staying calm...I just hope someday Frist, Bush, or any other Fool in the white house, Has a child that is severely harmed, and someone tells them ...too bad! > Concerning Bill Frist's latest, S. 2207...the " Pregnancy and Trauma Care Access Protection Act. " > > Regardless as to whether parents have or haven't filed a claim in VICA, civil court, or have a RhoGAM lawsuit, these lawsuits are VERY important, especially those that allow for a discovery phase. Discovery will reveal what the drug companies knew---very important for all of us! Currently there is legislation (Frist, S2207) that will go to vote this coming week...it contains the same language as S2601. > > If this legislation passes the following will happen: > > - All RhoGAM lawsuits that have not yet been filed will be at risk of being kicked out completely. It narrows statute of limitations. Basically, those children who are over seven will not be allowed in civil court. For those who are younger, it limits damages received. Keep in mind that punitive damages are what make negligent companies suddenly become less negligent. > > - It restricts expert witnesses to only those in mainstream medicine. Osteopaths, or anyone of the like, will not be allowed to speak on behalf of our children as an expert witness. And that's just the beginning. Go to www.thomas.loc.gov to view this legislation.We need your help immediately!!! > > Some RhoD Products, including RhoGAM, typically administered to all RH- mothers during pregnancy, contained Thimerosal and will be affected by this bill. A recent study found that almost half of all children with autism were exposed to Thimerosal during their pregnancy by RhoD products. It may also impact litigation regarding flu vaccines administered during pregnancy as well. > If we allow this bill to stop RhoD lawsuits, it is the first step to shut down all future vaccine lawsuits. This is because RhoD litigation is vital to the other vaccine injury lawsuits moving forward. Mercury damage to a fetus is well documented. If these lawsuits are won, it is just a side step to prove that mercury can also damage one-day-old babies or two-month-old babies as well. > > Here is what we all need to do: > > Fax AND call your Senator ASAP. Please make plans to do both! Enter your zip code in the box at the bottom of this page (http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/grassroots.php) under " Write to Congress " and it will give you your state's elected officials and all of their contact information. Contacting the two Senators in your state is the first step. Then we need to fax all Senators that we think may provide us with the swing votes needed in the Senate: , Chafee, Snowe and McCain. Also it is important to contact the Senators that have helped us in other Floor fights: Dodd, Clinton, Daschle, Kennedy, , and . Here is all of their information. > > , (R-ME) > 172 Senate Office Building > Washington, DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-2523 > Fax: (202) 224-2693 > Email: http://collins.senate.gov/low/contactemail.htm > > Snowe, Olympia (R-ME) > 154 Senate Office Building > Washington, DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-5344 > Fax: (202) 224-1946 > Email: olympia@s... > > Chafee, Lincoln (R-RI) > 141A Senate Office Building > Washington, DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-2921 > Fax: (202) 228-2853 > Email: http://chafee.senate.gov/webform.htm > > Sen. Dodd (D-CT) > 448 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING > WASHINGTON DC 20510 > Phone (202) 224-2823 > Fax (202) 228-1683 > E-mail: http://dodd.senate.gov/webmail/ > > Sen. Kennedy (D-MA) > 317 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-4543 > Fax: (202) 224-2417 > senator@k... > > Clinton, Hillary (D - NY) > 476 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-4451 > Fax (202) 228-0282 > E-mail: http://clinton.senate.gov/email_form.html > > McCain, (R-AZ) > 241 Senate Office Building > Washington, DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-2235 > Fax: (202) 228-2862 > Email: http://mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=Contact.Home > > PLEASE DO THIS ASAP. Forward this note to all the members of your family that you think will help. If they don't mind, do the work for them. Just substitute their name at the bottom of your letter and send it to their Senator or yours again. The staff will be counting names, not looking specifically at letters. We need to inundate them with calls and faxes. They need to know that thousands of parents are watching! > > Below is a sample letter should you wish to use it. (Feel free to use it or your own.) > > (Sample letter) > > Dear Senator _______, > > STOP S2207!!!! > > I am writing to you to vote NO to S2207. Although this bill is supposed to provide relief to doctors from frivolous lawsuits, it also contains language that protects pharmaceutical manufacturers from product liability lawsuits if their products were FDA approved. We all know that FDA approval does not always equate with a drug being safe or free of harm. Just look at thaliomide for example. > > Our concern stems from the use of Thimerosal, a mercury preservative, administered to all RH- mothers during the pregnancy. It is well documented that mercury exposure causes neurodevelopmental disorders in a fetus. Current research is linking exposure to Thimerosal either during pregnancy from RhoD or after birth from vaccines to adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes including ADD and autism in some children. > > Lawsuits stemming from exposure to mercury via Thimerosal are presently winding their way through the courts across the US and this bill will effectively stop them. > > If RhoD lawsuits are stopped, other lawsuits of mercury- poisoned/vaccine-injured children presently suing pharmaceutical companies for their vaccine injuries could be next. The attachment of this provision in a popular bill is reminiscent of the same attempt made when an attachment was added to the Homeland Security bill again protecting pharmaceutical manufacturers who used thimerosal from liability. > > S. 2207 makes it much harder to hold drug companies and the makers of medical devices accountable by restricting victims' rights to call witnesses, further shielding drug companies and incompetent health care providers from accountability. > > Please don't take away the rights of families and their children who have been harmed. > > Protect your voters! Not big companies responsible for injuring children. Thank you for your help. > > Sincerely, > > Your name, your mother, your father, your brothers, sisters, etc, etc. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Help - I can't find this bill (I can't find any bill by the numbers on congress.org). Do you have a link to this bill online or know of another site where I can find it? Becky > Concerning Bill Frist's latest, S. 2207...the " Pregnancy and Trauma Care Access Protection Act. " > > Regardless as to whether parents have or haven't filed a claim in VICA, civil court, or have a RhoGAM lawsuit, these lawsuits are VERY important, especially those that allow for a discovery phase. Discovery will reveal what the drug companies knew---very important for all of us! Currently there is legislation (Frist, S2207) that will go to vote this coming week...it contains the same language as S2601. > > If this legislation passes the following will happen: > > - All RhoGAM lawsuits that have not yet been filed will be at risk of being kicked out completely. It narrows statute of limitations. Basically, those children who are over seven will not be allowed in civil court. For those who are younger, it limits damages received. Keep in mind that punitive damages are what make negligent companies suddenly become less negligent. > > - It restricts expert witnesses to only those in mainstream medicine. Osteopaths, or anyone of the like, will not be allowed to speak on behalf of our children as an expert witness. And that's just the beginning. Go to www.thomas.loc.gov to view this legislation.We need your help immediately!!! > > Some RhoD Products, including RhoGAM, typically administered to all RH- mothers during pregnancy, contained Thimerosal and will be affected by this bill. A recent study found that almost half of all children with autism were exposed to Thimerosal during their pregnancy by RhoD products. It may also impact litigation regarding flu vaccines administered during pregnancy as well. > If we allow this bill to stop RhoD lawsuits, it is the first step to shut down all future vaccine lawsuits. This is because RhoD litigation is vital to the other vaccine injury lawsuits moving forward. Mercury damage to a fetus is well documented. If these lawsuits are won, it is just a side step to prove that mercury can also damage one-day-old babies or two-month-old babies as well. > > Here is what we all need to do: > > Fax AND call your Senator ASAP. Please make plans to do both! Enter your zip code in the box at the bottom of this page (http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/grassroots.php) under " Write to Congress " and it will give you your state's elected officials and all of their contact information. Contacting the two Senators in your state is the first step. Then we need to fax all Senators that we think may provide us with the swing votes needed in the Senate: , Chafee, Snowe and McCain. Also it is important to contact the Senators that have helped us in other Floor fights: Dodd, Clinton, Daschle, Kennedy, , and . Here is all of their information. > > , (R-ME) > 172 Senate Office Building > Washington, DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-2523 > Fax: (202) 224-2693 > Email: http://collins.senate.gov/low/contactemail.htm > > Snowe, Olympia (R-ME) > 154 Senate Office Building > Washington, DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-5344 > Fax: (202) 224-1946 > Email: olympia@s... > > Chafee, Lincoln (R-RI) > 141A Senate Office Building > Washington, DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-2921 > Fax: (202) 228-2853 > Email: http://chafee.senate.gov/webform.htm > > Sen. Dodd (D-CT) > 448 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING > WASHINGTON DC 20510 > Phone (202) 224-2823 > Fax (202) 228-1683 > E-mail: http://dodd.senate.gov/webmail/ > > Sen. Kennedy (D-MA) > 317 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-4543 > Fax: (202) 224-2417 > senator@k... > > Clinton, Hillary (D - NY) > 476 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-4451 > Fax (202) 228-0282 > E-mail: http://clinton.senate.gov/email_form.html > > McCain, (R-AZ) > 241 Senate Office Building > Washington, DC 20510 > Phone: (202) 224-2235 > Fax: (202) 228-2862 > Email: http://mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=Contact.Home > > PLEASE DO THIS ASAP. Forward this note to all the members of your family that you think will help. If they don't mind, do the work for them. Just substitute their name at the bottom of your letter and send it to their Senator or yours again. The staff will be counting names, not looking specifically at letters. We need to inundate them with calls and faxes. They need to know that thousands of parents are watching! > > Below is a sample letter should you wish to use it. (Feel free to use it or your own.) > > (Sample letter) > > Dear Senator _______, > > STOP S2207!!!! > > I am writing to you to vote NO to S2207. Although this bill is supposed to provide relief to doctors from frivolous lawsuits, it also contains language that protects pharmaceutical manufacturers from product liability lawsuits if their products were FDA approved. We all know that FDA approval does not always equate with a drug being safe or free of harm. Just look at thaliomide for example. > > Our concern stems from the use of Thimerosal, a mercury preservative, administered to all RH- mothers during the pregnancy. It is well documented that mercury exposure causes neurodevelopmental disorders in a fetus. Current research is linking exposure to Thimerosal either during pregnancy from RhoD or after birth from vaccines to adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes including ADD and autism in some children. > > Lawsuits stemming from exposure to mercury via Thimerosal are presently winding their way through the courts across the US and this bill will effectively stop them. > > If RhoD lawsuits are stopped, other lawsuits of mercury- poisoned/vaccine-injured children presently suing pharmaceutical companies for their vaccine injuries could be next. The attachment of this provision in a popular bill is reminiscent of the same attempt made when an attachment was added to the Homeland Security bill again protecting pharmaceutical manufacturers who used thimerosal from liability. > > S. 2207 makes it much harder to hold drug companies and the makers of medical devices accountable by restricting victims' rights to call witnesses, further shielding drug companies and incompetent health care providers from accountability. > > Please don't take away the rights of families and their children who have been harmed. > > Protect your voters! Not big companies responsible for injuring children. Thank you for your help. > > Sincerely, > > Your name, your mother, your father, your brothers, sisters, etc, etc. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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