Reid Spikes Omnibus Package with Psychotropic 'MOTHERS Act'

WASHINGTON, July 24 /Christian Newswire/ -- Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D – NV) has slipped a controversial bill called The MOTHERS Act into an omnibus package called "Advancing America's Priorities Act" (S. 3297) which is scheduled for a vote July 26. The MOTHERS Act, a bill to screen and treat pregnant and new mothers across the U.S. at risk for mental disorders, has stalled in the Senate HELP committee for months. The abortion rights groups NARAL Pro-Choice America, The Guttmacher Institute, and Planned Parenthood publicly support The MOTHERS Act. Reid will move to invoke cloture and pass the $11.3 billion omnibus bill this Saturday without debate. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R – OK) criticized Reid's plan, stating, "What the staff members are saying is we want to bring a bill, but we don't want to debate it. We don't... [read full story]