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Since 2007, U.S. Senators Barack Obama, Frank Lautenberg and U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone and Peter King introduced stillbirth research legislation with no action. The MISS Foundation that represents parents who lost a child due to stillbirth want to prevent future devastation to families through stillbirth research. With the 2012 elections suspending congressional action and the session ending soon, grieving parents see another session ending with no action. (PRWEB) October 18, 2012...

More education, research needed to end challenges of discrimination Teaching students of all ages about the value of diversity and the serious mental health impacts of bias and stereotyping will help end widespread discrimination in the United States, according to a new American Psychological Association task force report. "Not only is discrimination wrong from the perspectives of morality and justice, it is ultimately detrimental to our entire country. Diversity increases our...

NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ernst & Young LLP today announced it and its affiliates will reimburse lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees for the additional federal and state taxes they pay on same-sex domestic partners' medical benefits in the US, making it the first Big Four accounting firm to offer this perk. The tax equalization (gross-up) is effective Jan. 1, 2012. "Ernst & Young strives to promote an equitable work culture in...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council criticized the Senate Judiciary Committee today for its vote to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080930/FRCLOGO) The Defense of Marriage Act was approved in 1996 by overwhelming bipartisan majorities in both houses of Congress (342-67 in the House, 85-14 in the Senate) and signed into law by President Clinton. Family Research Council President Tony...

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Friday, April 1st, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a number of steps it was recommending to the President to improve the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans. The agency said it was confident of the President's support for the initiatives. The recommendations include policies that prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender...

Institute's Drs. Judith B. Bradford and Harvey J. Makadon, Members of IOM Committee, Available for Interview Washington, DC (Vocus/PRWEB) March 31, 2011 The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Health Issues and Research Gaps and Opportunities at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of The National Academies advanced the future of LGBT health research today with the release of The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better...

NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte today announced it has earned a 100 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the fifth consecutive year. The CEI ranks businesses on workplace policies and benefits provided to their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees. With its 100 percent rating, Deloitte is recognized as one of the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality. "We are pleased that the...

WASHINGTON, July 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robbie Diamond, president of the Electrification Coalition (EC), released the following statement after the release of a detailed outline of the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act: "We applaud Senate leaders for including provisions for electric vehicles and infrastructure in the energy bill introduced today. We are pleased to see electrification deployment communities, which will guarantee...

WASHINGTON, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robbie Diamond, president of the Electrification Coalition, released the following statement today in response to news reports outlining the energy bill expected to reach the Senate floor next week: "The Senate is making a dramatic mistake if the energy bill that is debated next week does not include the bipartisan electrification provisions that only yesterday were overwhelmingly voted out of committee. After the last three months of watching...

WASHINGTON, July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robbie Diamond, president of the Electrification Coalition (EC), released the following statement in response to President Obama's appearance today at Smith Electric Vehicles in Missouri: "President Obama and his administration have made it clear that electric vehicles must play a major role in ending our nation's dangerous dependence on oil. The electrification of cars and trucks will create jobs, protect our national security, and reduce...