Fw: Media sources to contact

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From: " Pam Young (by way of ilena rose) " <pamyoung73@...>

Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 1:11 PM

Subject: Media sources to contact

> Dear Ilena: I have collected some sources where women may write or email

> about their unfavorable breast reconstructive results. I have written and

> emailed all the sources, but none have replied so far. Don't worry about

the

> words " conservative " or " liberal. " I do not have a political agenda, but

> only want to get the truth out about Implants and Flap reconstructions. I

> have heard that is working on this issue in Canada. She can be

> contacted at S.laliberte@.... Thank you, Pam.

>

>

> >From: " Pam Young " <pamyoung73@...>

> >pamyoung73@...

> >Subject: Media sources to contact

> >Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 19:19:48 -0000

> >

> > LIST OF AMERICAN MEDIA SOURCES TO CONTACT

> >

> >NEWSPAPERS: St. sburg Times in St. sburg, Florida

> > national@... and local@...

> > I wrote to them because I was disabled by a tram operation

that

> >I underwent in Tampa, FL. Also, a Sarasota, Florida woman was suing over

> >being deformed and she said the defense was going to say that a TRAM

would

> >fix it. I emailed both the national & local news reporter.

> >

> >MAGAZINES: Glamour Magazine in New York

> > letters@...

> > I wrote to them because they did a silicone story revealing

the

> >horrors of implants. Ilena Rosenthal, head of the on-line support group,

> >was quoted in the Nov 2000 story. I thought they might be open to print

> >more stories from women.

> >

> > " O " Magazine

> > letters@...

> > This is owned by Oprah Winfrey and Oprah has done a lot to

bring

> >the truth to women about what is happening to them. She did a show on

> >Female Genital Mutilation of Muslin Women. I have also written her and

sent

> >my story.

> >

> >RADIO: Rush Limbaugh

> > rush@...

> > Rush Limbaugh is a " conservative " commentator, and many people

> >listen to him. I chose him because the of what Ilena Rosenthal wrote in

an

> >article for Total Health for Longevity Magazine (Nov/Dec 2000) about

> >children born of women who had implants: " Children born of implanted

women

> >have experienced the same autoimmune conditions and have been seriously

> >inadequately studied. " I applied the thinking to women who have tram

flaps

> >and thought that women who had tram flaps could not risk pregnancy

because

> >there is no muscle there to hold in the womb and a C-Section would be out

> >of the question after the women had that hip-to-hip incision already

across

> >the abdomen.

> >

> > " CONSERVATIVE " & " LIBERAL " ORGANIZATIONS:

> > Right To Life Organization

> > NRLC@...

> > The National Right to Life lobbies for laws that protect life,

> >so I wrote to them with the same thing that I wrote to Rush

Limbaugh--that

> >babies could be born with the same autoimmune problems that the mothers

had

> >because of saline & silicone implants. I also told him about the Tram

Flap

> >and how that would be an impossible pregnancy. I forgot to tell him that

> >women who have the tram can't lift their grandchildren.

> >

> > National Organization of Women

> > Now@...

> > The NOW is a " liberal " organization and has a strong lobby

for

> >women's rights. I emailed them and sent my story and asked what they were

> >doing to inform women about the horrors of breast reconstruction? If they

> >are for women, then they should lobby for all women to have the right to

> >the truth and they should lobby for strict, legal guidelines for Public

Law

> >105-277, Women's Health & Cancer Rights Act of 1998. I told them not to

> >email me back and say it is a woman's choice to be mutilated.

> >

> >TELEVISION:

> > Christian Broadcasting Network, Virgina Beach, VA

> > http://secure.cbn.org/cc/contact/feedback-700club.asp

> > The 700 club, created by " conservative " Pat on, is

very

> >popular and comes on television 5 days a week. Pat has a segment of his

> >show called " Bring It On " and that's where emailed questions are read

over

> >the air and Pat answers the questions. You only have 10 lines to write

on,

> >so the question must be short. I said, " Dear Pat: Why is the 700 Club

> >silent about the effects of breast reconstruction (implants & tram flap)

> >upon the unborn child? Babies can have autoimmune condtions due to saline

> >implants & toxic silicone can travel to a fetus. A woman who has a Tram

> >Flap cannot chance pregnancy because the rectus muscle holding the

abdomen

> >is cut & can't support an enlarged womb. Also, the horizontal incision

from

> >a Tram does not allow for a C-Section. "

> >

> > Rev. Jerry Falwell, Old Time Gospel Hour

> > jerry@...

> > The Old Time Gospel Hour has been on TV a long time and

> > " conservative " , Dr. Jerry Falwell, is well known for his pro-life stand.

I

> >emailed him with the same messsage that I sent to Rush Limbaugh & Pat

> >on. I thought that if the mainstream press was a propaganda

machine

> >that selectively censored anyone who wasn't rich & powerful, like the

> >American Medical Association or drug companies, that I should go to the

> >conservative Christian media and point out the effects of breast

> >reconstruction upon pregnancy.

> >

> > CBS News with Dan Rather & 48 Hours

> > weekends@...

> > Anchor, Dan Rather, is well known for his half-hour

> >dinner-time news report, which includes " Eye on America " and reports

about

> >the lives of people. Also, Dan has an investigative news magazine, " 48

> >Hours " which could possible report on what is happening to women. I

emailed

> >him and sent my story. I talked about PL 105-277, The Women's Health &

> >Cancer Rights Act of 1998 and how a plastic surgeon pushed congress to

pass

> >the law that requires insurance companies to pay for these damaging

> >reconstructive surgeries. There's more information on Web MD about this.

> >Doctors & hospitals stand to gross $4 billion per year for reconstructive

> >surgeries. What is the ecomonic impact upon Americans?? Insurance rates

> >will go up to pay for all this, Social Security will have to pay out more

> >for women disabled by these reconstructive surgeries, and there will be a

> >loss of skilled women in the work force.

> >

> > NBC Today Show and Dateline, New York

> > Today@... and Dateline@...

> > The Today Show comes on in the morning and had a program

> >about reconstructive breast surgery,

http://www.msnbc.com/news/487427.asp.

> >I emailed them with my story and said I would like for them to consider

> >telling the real story about breast reconstructions, not the story that

the

> >doctors tell or is reported as the " junk science " news.

> > NBC also has an investigative program called, DATELINE.

You

> >can send you story suggestions to: NBC 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY

> >10112

> >

> > ABC 20/20 with Barbara Walters

> > http://abcnews.go.com/service/help/abccontact.html

> > Barbara Walters is well known for her interviews and 20/20

> >is an investigative television magazine. I wrote to Barabara by mail and

> >sent my story to: ABC in Burbank, California.

> >

> > PBS FRONTLINE (Public Broadcasting)

> > 125 Western Ave. Boston, MA 02134

> > Frontline doesn't have an email address that I could find,

> >but they send me their U.S. mail address in Boston. Frontline has done

> >stories about breast implants. You can find the stories by going to their

> >website, just type in " Frontline " when you search. They are a public

> >television station and don't depend on the advertisers, like ABC, CBS,

and

> >NBC.

> >

> > U.S. Congress

> > Washington, DC

> > There are senators and congressman that are suppose to

> >represent us. I wrote to several of them and have never received an

answer.

> >My question is about taxation without representation--if women aren't

being

> >represented by our views and stories, then we should not have to pay

taxes.

> >Locate your representative and email them about setting up strict, legal

> >guidelines for the Women's Health & Cancer Rights Act of 1998.

> >

> > The American Cancer Society

> > Dr. Seffrin, CEO in Atlanta, GA

> > It was a local cancer support group that sent me to

> >Moffitt Cancer Center where I was disabled by the tram flap. I wrote to

Dr.

> > Seffrin on December 6, 2000 and told him about my story and the

" CODE

> >OF SILENCE " that doctors have. I said the American Cancer Society has

> >failed to WARN women about the dangers of breast reconstruction. Dr.

> >Seffrin has NEVER REPLIED! If the ACS is suppose to be there to help

women

> >who have cancer, why aren't they telling the truth? If they aren't going

to

> >tell the truth, them why should we support them with United Way funds (or

> >whatever public funds they receive)??? I encourage women who have been

> >damaged by reconstructive surgery to write to Dr. Seffrin. How will they

> >know, if we don't tell them? And after we tell them, how can they say

they

> >didn't know??? Thank you.

> >

> >

> >

> >

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