Virginia Advances and Restricts Patient Rights-Contact Virginia Legislators

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Moderator's Note- I would suggest that everyone critically read this article and

come to your own conclusion. To my knowledge there is a national drive to force

mandated HPV vaccines, but in the case of Texas at least, it was manufactured by

the govenor's executive order and not through formal legislation. And even the

executive order simply says that the vaccine is recommended. We are told that

it is the law to vaccinate but to my knowledge there is no actual law. Please

research Alex Jones and vaccines for more information.

 

Secondly, are we to believe that we need Abraham's Law for a parent to legally

be able to manage and direct the health care of their own child? That parents

need to meet certain criteria by which they then will be able to act in what

they feel is in the best interests of their child's healthcare? True, what

happened to that particular family is horrible and should be confronted- but

perhaps we need to confront goverment intrusion itself- not how and under which

circumstances the goverment may intrude.

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Dear Arnold Gore,

Virginia Legislative Activity in February 2007 (the good and the bad)

The American Association for Health Freedom (AAHF) is pleased to announce

that both the Virginia House and Senate have passed Abraham’s Law. This new

law is an important advance for the rights of parents together with mature

older children to make informed medical choices. A second law passed by the

Virginia Legislature this week, however, takes away the right of families to

make medical choices. This week the Virginia House and Senate became the first

state legislature to require that school age girls to be vaccinated against

the human papillomanavirus (HPV). With these laws the Virginia State

Legislature is the first in the United States to approve such laws in both

chambers.

 

The right of families to make informed medical decisions (Abraham's Law).

In the past few weeks, AAHF has been working with Virginia legislators and

others in support of “Abraham’s Law†(HB 2314 /SB 905) on the rights of

parents and a mature child to make informed medical decisions. Abraham's Law is

named for a Chincoteague, Virginia youth whose parents faced a widely

publicized legal custody battle in the courts during the summer of 2006 just as

their

son was undergoing cancer treatment for Hodgkin's disease. After Abraham

Cherrix and his parents declined to undergo additional high-dose cancer

treatment, the parents became the subject of a medical neglect case initiated

by

Child Protective Services. In July 2006 Abraham told the press, " I think it's

my body. I can choose what's best for my body. If I don't have the right to do

that, then I don't have any rights at all anyway. "

This is an important bill for health freedom in the State of Virginia and

could become the model law for other states. Abraham's Law would allow

parents to refuse a certain medical treatment for a child and not face charges

of

neglect on four conditions:

· that the parents and child make the decision jointly;

· the child is sufficiently mature to have an opinion on his or her

treatment;

· the family has considered other treatment options;

· and the parents believe in good faith that the decision is in the child's

best interest.

Mandatory HPV vaccination for sixth grade girls

That's the good, now here's the bad news. Unfortunately, Virginia

legislators have also passed a bills (HB 2035/SB 1230) to require all girls

entering

the sixth grade to receive a vaccine for the sexually transmitted virus that

causes cervical cancer. The bill was passed in two versions. The House bill

give parents the right to review information about the vaccine and file a form

to exempt their daughters from requirement. The Senate version of the bill

has no parental opt-out provision.

According to the Washington Post, Merck & Co., maker of the Gardasil HPV

vaccine, has provided an undisclosed amount of funds for lobbying efforts in at

least 18 states where lawmakers are considering whether to require the

vaccine. Two sponsors of the Virginia bill received sizable campaign

contributions

from Merck, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, which tracks

campaign finances in the state. The House bill's sponsor, Del. Phillip

Hamilton, R-Newport News, chairman of the House Health, Welfare and

Institutions

Committee, received $10,000 from the pharmaceutical company over the last

decade. The Senate sponsor, Sen. Janet Howell, D-Fairfax County, has received

$4,100 from the drug maker since 1998. Last week. The new HPV vaccine

announced

in June 2006 is one of several recent advances in efforts to reduce rates of

cervical cancer.

The American Association for Health Freedom believes a mandatory HPV

vaccination requirement for girls represents a setback for health freedom.

To contact Virginia Legislators go to _http://legis.state.va.us/_

(http://legis.state.va.us/) and click on House of Delegates or Senate. To call

the

House of Delegates: (804) 698-1500 or the Virginia Senate: (804) 698-7410.

Jim Fussell

Campaign Manager

Health Freedom Foundation and American Association for Health Freedom

4620 Lee Highway, Suite 210

Arlington, VA 22207

1.800.230.2762

Fax: 703.294.6380

www.healthfreedom.net

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