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BROOKE SHIELDS PUSHES POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION BILL IN WASHINGTON

Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.; Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill.; actress Brooke Shields and Mary Jo Codey, wife of former New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey.TOPIC/SUBJECT: hold a news conference to announce the introduction of the "MOTHERS Act" in the Senate. The legislation would initiate new federal investment in postpartum depression education, detection and treatment programs for new mothers..Carol Blocker, whose daughter took her own life after battling postpartum depression..... (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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