Please cosponsor the Gestational Diabetes Act

Ask Members of Congress to Cosponsor the Gestational Diabetes Act!

The rate of gestational diabetes is growing – approximately 18 percent of all pregnancies are now affected by this dangerous disease. Gestational diabetes carries serious health consequences for the mother and her child and places both at an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.

Currently, there is minimal public health research being conducted on gestational diabetes and its adverse health outcomes. But the Gestational Diabetes (GEDI) Act of 2011, introduced by Representatives Michael Burgess (R-TX) and Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), would expand and enhance data collection and public health research on gestational diabetes and support prevention programs so fewer moms and babies will be at risk.

Ask your Members of Congress to support better health for moms and babies by cosponsoring the GEDI Act today!

Please cosponsor the Gestational Diabetes Act 

Dear:

Jim Matheson (US Rep for Utah District 2)
Mike Lee (US Senator for Utah)
Orrin Hatch (US Senator for Utah)
Barack Obama (President)

As your constituent, I stand with the American Diabetes Association in asking you to cosponsor the Gestational Diabetes (GEDI) Act of 2011 (HR 2194/S 1221). This important legislation expands and enhances surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes and paves the way for a brighter future for both moms and their babies.

The rate of gestational diabetes in the United States is growing - approximately 18 percent of all pregnancies are affected by gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes carries dangerous health consequences for both mother and her child, including increased risk of preterm delivery, caesarian section and preeclampsia, a life-threatening disorder. It also dramatically raises the chances mother and baby face a future with type 2 diabetes and its complications, including blindness, kidney failure, and amputation.

The GEDI Act provides for better data collection and expands the resources available to fight this dangerous disease. Currently, there is minimal public health research being conducted on gestational diabetes and its adverse health outcomes. Expanding public health research to prevent and treat gestational diabetes and enhancing surveillance are key to a future when fewer moms and babies will be harmed by gestational diabetes.

Please become a cosponsor on the GEDI Act of 2011 today and support better health for moms and babies. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Sarah Carter
Salt Lake City, Utah