Bill eliminates exemptions, MAKES VACCINES MANDATORY

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Ingri Cassel

Saturday, February 16, 2002 10:25 AM

Vac Letters to Editor in Wyoming

 

 

Dear Members and Friends -

 

Bonnie Gregory's reply to this uninformed man brought tears to my eyes. We

should all be proud to be part of a national movement of parents standing up for

their right to parent in the manner that is best for their children. God Bless

you and your family, Bonnie!

 

Ingri

 

 

A letter to the editor in yesterday's Sheridan Press:

 

Parents do not have right to endanger child

 

Editor:

This letter is in reference to Susan Pearce's letter. Susan's letter

refers to proposed Bill 5.

This bill would eliminate a religious exemption to mandatory school

vaccination.

Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Homes (sic) said: " The most

stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man who falsely

shouted FIRE in a crowded theatre, causing a panic. "

I believe the First Amendment protects an adult's right to refuse

vaccination and medication. I do not believe parents should have the right

to endanger the health and life of minor children.

The children do not have the maturity to make such important health

decisions.

Susan's letter points out that only one-half (sic) of 1 percent of

Wyoming children would be affected by Bill 5. If there are 100,000 children

in Wyoming, that means 500 children are not protected from disease.

In my opinion, that's child abuse.

 

Richard D. Sinclair, Sheridan

 

I just had to show you this letter from a friend, Bonnie Gregory, that we

hope will be printed in its entirety tomorrow or Monday.

 

Dear Editor,

After reading Richard Sinclair's letter, stating that in his opinion,

leaving your child unvaccinated was child abuse, I was compelled to write.

Upon finding that my husband and I were expecting our first child, we took

it upon ourselves to try to be as educated in the ways of childhood health

as we possibly could, what we as parents should do to ensure the health,

safety and happiness of our child. We had a lot to learn, but we felt up to

the challenge and consumed ourselves with all of the available information

that we could find; books, periodicals, Internet, medical professionals and

through talking with other parents. We questioned everything from

circumcision, breastfeeding, the Continuum Concept and lastly Pandora's

box.Childhood Immunizations. We had no idea the struggle we were in for.

I do not believe that it takes a community, nor state, nor a government to

raise a child; I believe that it is the parent's responsibility and honor to

do so. I believe that the best way a parent can make a decision regarding

the well being of their child is to be informed. It is every parent's duty

to their child to make these decisions, whether it pertains to the school

they attend, the kind of food they eat, what they watch on TV, the friends

they have, and the type of health care they receive.

In past generations, people were taught that the advice of a medical

professional was taken, no questions asked. Still today many parents will

tell you that immunizations are something that you do because you have to. I

have long thought that there is a balance between nutrition, natural and

conventional medicines. I am not naive enough to think that multi-billion

dollar pharmaceutical companies have my family's best interest or mine at

heart. Hey, if everyone else is doing it, we should too.but wait! Why

would you consider questioning vaccinations? Why are there even such things

as medical, religious, and philosophical exemptions for them in some states?

Why is there a victim's compensation fund from the Federal Government for

vaccine-damaged children? Do vaccines cause autism, retardation or other

dehabilitating disease like the exact ones that they are supposed to protect

my child from? Why is the occurrence of SIDS so low in Japan compared to

the US? Could it be because they wait to inoculate their children until

they are two years? Is there a correlation between all the behavioral

problems in children with all of the chemicals that we ingest and inject

into them? If my child must have over 20 vaccinations, what exactly are the

ingredients? Known poisons, formaldehyde, alum, acetone, mercury

derivatives, to name a few? What about the religious debate about them

containing aborted fetal tissues? Have you ever known a child who was

damaged or killed because of them? Statistics is all they are until your

child becomes one of them.

These are just a few of the points that we are concerned with in the search

for information about our child's health. We do believe in God and think

that vaccination is a sin but the only thing that we are fanatical about is

our child. We are just two people trying to do the best job as parents that

we can. A mothers love for her child is a fierce thing and it was never

something that I understood until I became one. She will do anything and

everything in her power to protect her child. I guess if that is child

abuse to you, Mr. Sinclair, I have to wonder, do you have children? How

well educated are you on the vaccination debate, and do you have knowledge

of both sides? If you can make an educated decision after weighing all of

the risks and the gains, please enlighten me, as I would be more than happy

to listen. Not making my child my number one priority or taking chances

with his health and subjecting him to those risks, on either side, is child

abuse to me.

 

Sincerely,

Bonnie Gregory

 

[Well, friends, this letter lifted my heart. --Susan]

 

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Ingri Cassel, President

Vaccination Liberation - Idaho Chapter

P.O. Box 1444

Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816

(208)255-2307/ 765-8421

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