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Bring Awareness to Ovarian Cancer

Target: U.S. House of Representatives
Sponsored by: Care2.com

Ovarian cancer is a complex illness, with symptoms that can be written off as normal female hormone changes. As a result, sometimes women ignore their symptoms, thinking they will go away, and by the time they realize they have ovarian cancer, it's too late.

This is a huge problem. Nearly 30,000 American women are expected to die this year from all gynecologic cancers!

In 2007, Congress approved Johanna's Law that awarded three year's worth of funding to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to increase awareness of the symptoms of gynecologic cancers. But the funding is about to run out.

Urge your Representative to become a co-sponsor for the reauthorization of Johanna's Law: The Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 10,000

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Dear Representative,

As a constituent and someone who cares deeply about gynecologic caner, I urge you to become a co-sponsor of Johanna's Law: The Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2009.

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With funding from previous years, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has begun an educational campaign to make women and their health care providers aware of the symptoms of gynecologic cancers.

However, if we are to effectively protect American women from the dangers of gynecologic cancers, more time and funding are needed!

Nearly 30,000 American women are expected to die this year from gynecologic cancers. But by supporting this piece of critical legislation that promotes awareness of the subtle symptoms of gynecologic cancers, we can begin to reduce these numbers.

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We signed the “Bring Awareness to Ovarian Cancer” petition!

# 331:

8:34 pm PST, Nov 23, Llew Taylor, Pennsylvania

# 330:

12:40 pm PST, Nov 23, Barbara Tomlinson, Washington
Single-payer Health Care is a MUST! Stop women dying from all sorts of gynecologic cancers; even when such cancers are diagnosed, women often cannot afford to pay for treatment! I had an ovarian cyst that turned out to be benign, when it was removed by surgery. These problems are more common than is recognized.

# 329:

8:04 pm PST, Nov 22, Jennifer Nickola, Massachusetts

# 328:

2:26 pm PST, Nov 22, Joseph Green, United Kingdom

# 327:

9:56 am PST, Nov 22, Sheila Behounek, Maine

# 326:

12:09 am PST, Nov 22, Name not displayed, Minnesota

# 325:

3:31 pm PST, Nov 21, Patricia Erwin, Georgia
Because ovarian cancer has such a high mortality rate.

# 324:

10:38 pm PST, Nov 20, Soo Thacker, Alaska
Ovarian cancer is a complex illness, with symptoms that can be written off as normal female hormone changes. As a result, sometimes women ignore their symptoms, thinking they will go away, and by the time they realize they have ovarian cancer, it's too late.

# 323:

9:48 pm PST, Nov 20, Mary Detrick, Florida

# 322:

11:34 am PST, Nov 20, Stephen Weatherby, Georgia

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5:32 pm PST, Nov 17, Ellie Shain, California

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4:49 pm PST, Nov 16, Theresia Cronan, California

# 319:

11:41 am PST, Nov 16, Abby Kolterman, Nebraska

# 318:

10:25 pm PST, Nov 14, Michele Caine, Oklahoma

# 317:

6:23 am PST, Nov 13, Jenny Oestli, Norway

# 316:

4:37 am PST, Nov 13, Allyson Sites, Indiana
Ovarian cancer is very real. I suffer from benign cysts on my ovaries that cause pain from time to time when I sit or lay down. Because of our terrible health care system, I cannot afford to have anything done. I can not even afford the medication given to me to help treat my ovarian problems!

# 315:

2:50 am PST, Nov 10, Aaron Hunter, Nevada

# 314:

7:32 pm PST, Nov 6, Laura Lovelace, California

# 313:

2:37 pm PST, Nov 6, Karyn King, United Kingdom

# 312:

12:27 pm PST, Nov 4, Christie Davidson, Canada

# 311:

4:20 am PST, Nov 3, Andreea Schneider, Romania

# 310:

1:03 am PST, Nov 3, Anna Demetri, United Kingdom

# 309:

9:02 pm PST, Nov 2, Max Zieher, New Mexico
The earlier cancer is recognized, the better are the chances to successfully treat and cure it. That saves money and lives.

# 308:

10:28 am PST, Nov 2, Judy Nickerson, Georgia

# 307:

7:59 am PST, Nov 2, JOHN KEGLER, California

# 306:

9:15 pm PST, Nov 1, JD Dolowich, California
This support is a must--more time and funding are needed. People are dying because of our lack of action!

# 305:

6:00 pm PST, Nov 1, Patricia Bereczki, Washington
Health care reform is not just about changing is system is getting near to terminal. It is about people loosing their lives each and every day.

# 304:

5:02 pm PST, Nov 1, Ann Garth, California

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12:12 am PDT, Nov 1, Susannah Kegler, California

# 302:

12:11 am PDT, Nov 1, Jeanne Kelly, California

# 301:

12:05 am PDT, Nov 1, Lori Kegler, California
It's important to raise awareness because no woman should have to go through this! My mother died of endometrial cancer. It was a long, heart breaking , wrenching experience for all involved, most of all my mother.

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