Marcia Cross is keeping herself busy during the writers strike by lobbying Congress to pass 12-year-old legislation for breast cancer patients. The bill would end so-called "drive through" mastectomies and guarantee patients up to 48 hours of recovery time in the hospital."And I thought making movies was slow," Cross said of the inaction on the 12-year-old bill and she, together with Lifetime television, delivered Congress with 20 million signatures from the online petition at mylifetime.com.
"It's not like we're asking for a week in the hospital. It's 48 hours," Cross said. "These women have major surgery and are sent right home. Can you imagine? I mean, have you seen a mastectomy scar?"
Cross and Mahoney left their 11-month-old daughters, Eden and Savannah, at home but they were on the busy actress' mind. She wouldn't mind seeing politics in the girls' futures.
"I wouldn't actually want them to go into show business, but politics?" she said. "Maybe. Hmm. Senator Mahoney. President Mahoney. If they want to, I'll be there for them."
Source: People
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