ACTION ALERT: Oregon SB 442 Seeks To Make Vaccine Exemptions More Difficult for Parents
From Autism Action Network:
Oregon, you need to get on the phone now if you want to protect your right to exemptions from mandatory vaccines for your children to attend school. State Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward has introduced Senate Bill 442 that would force all parents to have either a signature by a healthcare provider or a certificate verifying a parent has completed an online vaccine-education module.
Amendments could eliminate the online module option or even the non-medical exemption altogether. Steiner Hayward, a Democrat from Portland, is using her position as majority whip to fast track the bill with a hearing scheduled for this Wednesday in Salem. Rep. Knute Buehler, a Republican from Bend, has stated he will submit a companion bill in the Oregon House of Representatives.
Oregon Action Alert
The majority of Americans live in the 19 states where parents have the absolute final say in what is injected into their children’s bodies. Parental choice is the standard in the developed democracies. Parents have final say in Canada, the UK, Japan, Ireland, Israel, Germany, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Belgium, etc. And it is ludicrous to say that Oregon would have better health outcomes than those countries and states have
This is not a matter of whether or not you agree with vaccination. Government should NEVER force any medical care. Bill 442 is a complete violation of our rights for sure. If you still wish to vaccinate your child, then do so. Don't make others do it if they don't agree. The unvaccinated children won't get the vaccinated children sick..that is unless they fear a vaccine isn't effective.
Posted by: Hannah | February 26, 2015 at 12:45 AM
What are "childhood imitations"?
Dr. Kozel does not wish to stick around to discuss her position. How Offitesque of her.
Posted by: Linda1 | February 19, 2015 at 02:01 PM
Maggie
Who are the Autism Project when they are at home?
The trouble is that while arguing about who is rational you are just engaging in abuse. At a certain level standing up against powerful interests may appear irrational, but when you confuse those interests with rationality that is irrational.
It would not be the first time in history when very powerful people have been wrong.
http://www.ageofautism.com/2015/02/testimony-in-protest-of-oregon-sb442-vaccine-exemption-removal-bill.html
http://www.ageofautism.com/2015/02/jb-handley-to-oregon-senate-committee-on-sb442-vaccine-exemptions-bill.html
Posted by: John Stone | February 19, 2015 at 01:19 PM
Does your readership know that the Autism Project strongly endorses adhering to the current guidelines for childhood imitations? Arguing with you about the facts - vaccinations do not cause autism - is like arguing with global warming deniers. So I am not going to spend any more time doing that. Just going to keep getting the message out to rational, responsible people who want reliable information. Check out Autism Project. Get your children immunized. Its the safe and responsible thing to do.
Maggie Kozel, MD
Posted by: maggie kozel | February 19, 2015 at 12:25 PM
Taking away constitutional rights (freedom of religion) etc. is not something that the State has the right to do. If there is a change to the first amendment it needs to happen at the Federal level and not the state level.
Posted by: Katharina J Johnson | February 18, 2015 at 03:59 PM
This bill violates the Nurnberg Treaty which the United States has signed.
Posted by: Katharina J Johnson | February 18, 2015 at 03:36 PM
What a laugh - "an online vaccine-education module". Maybe one of the items in the module could be Merck's insert for MMR, or a list of possible adverse reactions to Gardisil, or what to do if your doctor refuses to submit a VAERS report.
Posted by: Peter Miles | February 17, 2015 at 08:04 PM
When i called the receptionist didn't want any info or anything...kinda dont feel that message will be passed along or that they even care. I however will not vote or support or donate or volunteer for anyone who aligns with taking away my medical choices
Posted by: ashley | February 17, 2015 at 06:54 PM
I think there needs to be a correction in reference to the bill number. I called and the gentlemen said it was bill number 442 Not 422.
Posted by: Shalina | February 17, 2015 at 05:15 PM
This is the original column that ran on Oregon Live. They ARE going after the religious exemption. The philosophical you can pretty much kiss goodbye unless ... well that's obvious.
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/02/nonmedical_vaccination_exempti.html
Posted by: Angela Warner | February 17, 2015 at 12:47 PM
Representative Buehler is in the House, not the Senate. He has agreed to sponsor the House Bill but won't be part of the committee hearing tomorrow.
Posted by: WB | February 17, 2015 at 12:32 PM