Call to Action

URGENT | Important Legislation Needs CoSponsors!
Thanks to the hard work of Senator Frank Lautenberg's office (D-NJ), the Stillbirth and SUID Prevention, Education and Awareness Act of 2009 has been filed in the Senate. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr (D-NJ) has introduce the bill in the House. These bills will need co-sponsors in order to be successful. The more co-sponsors they have, the easier it will be to get this important legislation passed!

Please contact your US Senators and US Representative to ask them to please sign on as a co-sponsor.
Let the nation know that ALL our babies precious.

Visit www.house.gov and use your zip code to directly link you to your US Representative’s website. Most US Representative's can be emailed from their website. If at all possible, please call and/or write them also.

Visit www.senate.gov to contact your two state Senators. Select your state in the pull-down menu at the upper right hand corner of the page and select "Go". This will usually provide links that allow you to directly email each of your Senators, or to be connected directly to your Senators’ websites. Again, if possible, please call and/or write them also.

You may read and track Senate bill S.1445 at:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:3:./temp/~c111x243t1::

You can read and track House bill H.R.3212 at:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:2:./temp/~c111x243t1::

First Candle has been kind enough to provided the following to help guide you.

sample letter: http://firstcandle.org/illuminations/lautenberg-sample-letter.html
fact sheet: http://firstcandle.org/illuminations/stillbirth.fact.sheet.pdf