Many thanks to all of those who supported Dr. Effrem's trip to Washington DC to support parental rights and HR 181, The Parental Consent Act, authored by Cong. Ron Paul.  Your financial support, hard work, phone calls, and or prayers are bearing much fruit!  

Over three days, the following events all worked together to raise awareness about the dangers of mental health screening programs and encourage support for HR 181, authored by physician and Congressman Ron Paul of Texas:

• Dr. Effrem was the featured speaker at a congressional briefing attended by over 90 people, mostly staff from both House and Senate, Republican and Democrat, as well as some media, and members of outside groups.  Michael Ostrolenk, from EdWatch, Eagle Forum, and The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons; Dr. Joseph Tarantolo, chairman of the board of ICSPP and a practicing psychiatrist; and Sue Blevins, a nurse and executive director of the Institute for Health Freedom also spoke at the briefing.
• She met with or made contact with six Senate offices, including two US Senators.
• Dr. Effrem met with the staff of seven different House Members, plus one Congressman in person.  These are offices of Members on the committees that will hear HR 181.  She also made contact with staff of one of the committees that will hear HR 181.   
• Dr. Effrem spoke at a meeting of House staff, as well as at a meeting of Senate staff and prominent national family groups.
• She spoke at two networking meetings of prominent policy groups attended by many groups active in federal policy and members of the media.

The briefing and these meetings combined with your dedicated work are already having an impact.  There are already 19 co-sponsors of Dr. Paul's bill, HR 181, 8 since the day of the briefing, who deserve our thanks: ALPHABETICAL COSPONSORS(19), District number, Date they signed on: