Re: Petition against Good Morning America re: negative infertility comments
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:07:31 -0500 (CDT)
Kristen-
I could not agree more... I went straight away and not only signed the
petition I sent an email to everyone in my address book and asked them
to pass it on to their friends! Hopefully if we stand up and fight we
won't have to put up with crap like this in the future!!! Good for you
for bringing it to our attention!
Sonn
At Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Kristen wrote:
>
>For those of you who may not have heard, last week on Good Morning
>America Dr. Nancy Snyderman did a story on "black market" fertility
>drugs. After the story aired, she had a live interview with Diane
>Sawyer. (Note that Dr. Snyderman is an ear, nose and throat
>specialist)During this interview she basically called women suffering
>from infertility who buy drugs illicitly "desperate" and said that
>"maybe some women just aren't meant to be fertile" and since treatment
>isn't medically necessary, insurance shouldn't cover it.
>To see a transcript of the interchange follow this link:
>http://www.inciid.org/forums/waitingroom/messages/48048.html
>This is ignorant and wrong!! Insurance covers Viagra (is it medically
>necessary for a man to get an erection??) , vasectomies, acne treatment
>(maybe acne sufferers were meant to have bad skin!)etc.
>
>Please follow the following link to a petition that has been formed
>online against GMA. Every signature counts...please include yours.
>http://www.petitiononline.com/NoGMA/petition.html
>
>We should all be outraged at this treatment and insenstivity. PLEASE
>call GMA and let them know what you think. The number is 212-456-5900
>hit 0 as soon as it picks up. Also, please write GMA and let them know
>what you think and that we are a large part of thier viewing audience
>and WE MATTER! They can be contacted via the following link
>http://abcnews.go.com/onair/GoodMorningAmerica/GMA_email_form.html
>
>Also, please encourage them to do a story about the faith bill that is
>in the Senate. We need publicity for this bill to get it passed! We
>will be more powerful if we stick together. Let ABC know how this makes
>you feel.
>
>Also, please be sure to sign the petition and write your Senators and
>Congressmen/women. Just think of how glad you will be that you did it
>when we all are covered for insurance!
>
>Thanks so much for your time!
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