[HealthPillarWell] SB 439 Eliminates Vaccination Exemptions in WV

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Misty L. Trepke

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PASS THIS ON!

 

If this bill passes, it will be a historic, ominous change because

“mandatory vaccines have always been tied to school attendance.

†" Sandy

 

From Helen:

 

A devastating bill has been introduced in WV.

 

SB439

 

-eliminates medical exemptions where a physician can use individual

judgment outside of " commonly accepted practice "

-adds hepatitis B and chickenpox to the list of mandatory vaccines -

require the use of new " certificates of immunization " to document

vaccination history

-increase penalties for noncompliance establishes " compelling

interest " for the state that supercedes individual choice.

-Homeschooling parents who do not vaccinate will be convicted of a

misdemeanor and fined up to $500 each.

 

The bill reads:

 

Any parent or guardian who refuses to permit his or her child to be

immunized against the diseases enumerated in subsection © of this

section, or who cannot give satisfactory proof that the child or

person has been so immunized or who falsifies a child's immunization

record is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be

fined not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred

dollars.

 

[Note: It does not say any parent of a child attending school. It

says " any parent, " period.]

 

HSLDA has posted a summary that says this will affect homeschoolers

as well.

 

SB439 has already passed the Senate HHR Committee on February 19,

2004. Itis expected to pass the Senate floor and House committees

next week. Our efforts at lobbying to amend this bill to include

religious exemptions have thus far been intentionally thwarted by

politicians who have made it evident that they do not want to hear

from their constituents. They have scheduled votes at the same time

our lobbyists are at a rally. They have refused to answer direct

questions. They have scheduled meetings with constituents and

then stood them up. They are dead set on passing this bill, and

they no longer care what their constituents have to say about it.

 

Our only recourse is to go to the media. We need to lobby the media

as hard as we would have lobbied our legislators, if they would only

listen to us.

 

Write letters to the editor. Write press releases. Talk to local

reporters about this very dangerous legislation that subverts our

parental right to choose what is best for our children. Create such

a media uproar that these politicians will not be able to ignore our

voices any longer.

 

I would like to know how many people can attend a protest in

Charleston next week. We need a good 30 people to set up a PA

system, hold a press conference, and get media attention. We need

good old-fashioned picket signs. Now is not the time to sit back.

Our parental rights are in imminent danger, and we need to act.

 

Please email me at helen@v... if you can attend the protest.

 

For more information about this bill and how you can stop it, visit

www.WVVE.org .

 

Helen Tucker

 

Sandy Mintz

PO Box 111818

Anchorage, AK 99511-1818

 

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