I received this email this morning.  It’s an important issue to me because I had a friend die of breast cancer, and another woman important to me is currently walking through it. I would guess that pretty much every woman has been affected by this issue – either you know someone or you are that someone who is a cancer survivor.  Please read the message below then click on the link and sign the petition. Perhaps together we can make a difference.  May God richly bless all of you.

A mastectomy is a procedure that removes a woman’s breast in order to remove cancerous cells/tissue.  If you know anyone who has had a mastectomy, you may know that there is a lot of discomfort and pain afterward.  Insurance companies are trying to make mastectomies an outpatient procedure.  Let’s give women the chance to recover properly in the hospital for 2 days after surgery.  It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important.  Please take the time and do it quickly!

Breast Cancer Hospitalization bill — Important legislation for all women.

If there was ever a time when our voices and choices should be heard, this is one of those times.  If you’re receiving this, it’s because I think you will take the 30 seconds to go sign the petition on this issue and send it on to others you know who will do the same.  There’s a bill called the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act which will require insurance companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing a mastectomy.  It’s about eliminating the "drive-through mastectomy" where women are forced to go home just a few hours after surgery, against the wishes of their doctor, still groggy from anesthesia and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached.  Lifetime Television has put this bill on their weg page with a petition drive to show your support.  Last year over half the House signed.

PLEASE sign the petition by clicking on the link below.  You need not give more than your name and zip code.  PLEASE pass this on to your friends and family on behalf of all women.

http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php