Thanks so much to Susan Stone, current president of PSI (Postpartum Support International), for sharing this important news with us:

Yesterday, January 4, 2007, U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush [Illinois] reintroduced The Melanie Stokes Act to the 110th Congress as H.R. 20! (To learn about Melanie Stokes' story, click here.)

Susan writes, "It is crucial that we generate additional momentum for passage of this bill by placing calls to our local Congressmen encouraging their support of the legislation.

Please, without delay, determine your local Congressman by clicking on the link below and immediately placing a call to their office, strongly requesting their support for passage of H.R. 20. We have a window of opportunity to finally enact protections for all women which will include assessment, treatment, and education about perinatal mood disorders. Your call could elicit the deciding vote."

To contact your representative in Congress, click here.

FYI, the current status of this bill, as of January 4: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (Yeah, weird, I know. The protocols of Congress are mysterious indeed.)