Star Lobbying Against Drive-Thru Mastectomies
According to the AP, Marcia Cross from “Desperate Housewives” has gone to Capitol Hill with a petition containing 20 million signatures supporting legislation against ‘drive-thru’ mastectomies.
The 45-year-old actress was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, lobbying Congress to pass the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 to end “drive-through” mastectomies for women forced to leave the hospital hours after surgery.
Cross is campaigning to give women the choice to recuperate for at least 48 hours following a mastectomy. She was joined by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., Rep. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Lifetime network executive Meredith Wagner.
Lifetime has collected more than 20 million signatures for the petition on its Web site, according to the network.
It’s nice to see a celeb using their “position” in the public eye for good. There is something we here in Las Vegas can do to help fight breast cancer. You can join KLAS-TV on May 3 for the 2008 Komen Southern Nevada Race for the Cure.
January 23rd, 2008 at 3:26 pm
My sister is a breast cancer survivor. I did the Susan G. Komen/Revlon Breast Cancer walks when I lived in Los Angeles and I remember Marcia Cross being a celebrity spokeperson there, along with a couple of the other housewives. It was a great time had by all. I’m looking forward to doing the one here now that I’ve moved to Las Vegas.
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I’m disappointed that this wasn’t more of a story. Seems more of a plug for the Race for the Cure. Nothing against fighting breast cancer, but how does a story about ‘drive-thru’ mastectomies relate to fighting breast cancer?
February 7th, 2010 at 9:17 am
extraordinary post , really good position on the subject and very well written, this certainly has put a spin on my day, many thanks from the USA and maintain up the good work