Governor Brown signed another chunk of our freedom away on September 30.
I suppose Brown thinks that parents of non-vaccinated children don't know how to read and so need to be forced by a law to go to a doctor to have him or her teach us about vaccinations.
Never have I heard a doctor admit some children have been killed or maimed by vaccinations.
We are to expect that doctors will happily sign a waiver for us when we get turned away by doctors who won't see kids who are not vaccinated.
Warning: the next vaccination law will cut away at your freedoms even more.
Have You Asked
Governor Brown To Veto
AB2109
TODAY?
Dear California
NVIC Advocacy Team Members,
Even if you’ve
called or written the governor before to urge Governor Jerry Brown to Veto
AB2109, we need EVERYONE calling, faxing, and emailing him today! There still
has not been any action on the AB2109 by the governor and we only have until
Sunday to get Governor Brown to Veto AB2109! If everyone on
this list makes a veto request today, maybe the Governor’s office will notice
and do the right thing!
Below is NVIC’s one
page veto request to Governor Brown. Feel free to use any points you like from
it. If you receive any feedback, please let your California NVIC State
Co-Directors, Dawn Winkler and Michelle Gutierrez, know at CADirector@NVICAdvocacy.org.
Thank you!
VETO AB2109 GOVERNOR BROWN
Plain and simply
put, AB2109 will prohibit a child from attending school if their parent is
unable to secure the additional burdensome requirement of a medical office visit
and medical signature on their exemption form to mandatory vaccination. This can
lead to truancy charges and damaging lapses in the child’s education. It is
very important to note that the vaccination status of the child will not change
as a result of this bill becoming law, but the door to a free and public
education for some children whose parents choose to delay or decline some
vaccines will be closed forever.
It is well
documented that many physicians throw families out of their practice who don’t
fully vaccinate (perform any internet search you like regarding doctors refusing
to treat unvaccinated children to find numerous articles and studies). Nothing
in AB2109 compels a physician to accept an appointment with a partially
vaccinated or unvaccinated child or sign the form if asked. Also, parents who
cannot find a willing physician will be denied their right to exercise their
religious beliefs in opposition to vaccination since Californians are reliant on
the personal belief exemption to take an exemption to vaccine mandates for
religious reasons. The state of California should not be putting medical
personnel in charge as the gatekeepers of the free exercise of religion.
According to the
Centers for Disease Control, vaccine refusals and disease importation are not to
blame for pertussis outbreaks as bill supporters have tried to falsely imply.
(http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/08/whooping-cough-outbreak-top-10-things-you-should-know.html)
Most cases are in the vaccinated and are due to lower levels of vaccine
effectiveness and more rapidly waning protection than previously understood.
Further restricting current vaccine exemptions will not change this fact, it
will only promote distrust in and resentment of public health programs by
well-educated parents and health care providers who already know
this.
AB2109 also creates
an additional expense for an office visit with a practitioner that the family
may not use. Many parents cannot afford the time off from work or money for a
new doctor visit and signature especially if they have multiple
children.
The following is a
list of vaccines in use or in current development: AIDS , Asthma, Botulism,
Brucellosis, Chlamydia, Cocaine Addiction, Cytomegalovirus, Diabetes,
Diphtheria, E-Coli (Shiga toxin), Genital Herpes, Giardiasis, Gonorrhea,
Haemophilus influenza, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Heroin Addiction,
High Blood Pressure, Human Papillomavirus, Influenza, Legionellosis, Lyme
Disease, Malaria, Measles, Meningoccocal, Mumps, Novel H1N1 Influenza, Obesity,
Pertussis, Polio, Rubella, Salmonellosis, Shigellosis, Streptococcal group A,
Streptococcus pneumonia, Syphilis, Tetanus, Tuberculosis, Typhoid Fever,
Varicella (chickenpox), West Nile Virus.
It is unreasonable
to require a family to have a medical appointment and medical provider signature
for wanting to delay or decline any of these vaccines. As more vaccines are
added to the already fully packed mandatory schedule, this debate will only
intensify unless the right to exercise informed consent to vaccination without
medical harassment is upheld and respected.
VETO AB2109
Sincerely,
FINAL PUSH: Request CA Legislators Who Opposed AAB2109 During Session to ask Governor Brown for his VETO
Also Attend Veto Rally Friday from 12-2 pm in Sacramento, State Capitol West Steps
Dear California NVIC
Advocacy Team Members,
AB2109,
the
bill that would restrict the personal belief exemption to mandated vaccines
making it impossible for a child to attend school unless their parent obtains a
medical visit and signature on the vaccine exemption form, was passed by the
legislature on August 27th, 2012.
Governor Brown holds
the bill now, and if he does nothing with it, or signs it on or before September
30th, the bill becomes law. However, if he Vetoes the bill, the vaccine
exemption could be saved.
AB2109 received
opposition from both political parties. Many legislators stepped up and offered
oral arguments against the bill at various steps throughout the legislative
process. Some legislators are now contacting Governor Brown and urging his Veto
on AB2109.
We need for all of
the legislators who took a stand against AB2109 to contact Governor Brown
immediately to request he veto AB2109.
If your Senator or
Assemblyman ever voted “NO” on AB2109, we are counting on you to make a QUICK
ONE MINUTE PHONE CALL to your legislator’s office to thank them for their
opposition and ask them to contact Governor Brown to ask him to VETO AB2109!
This needs to be
done right away! We need Governor Brown to Veto AB2109 on or before September
30th otherwise AB2109 becomes law.
Here is what you can
do to help:
1)
Look on this list of
Senators and Assembly Members. Did either of your legislators vote NO on AB2109
during the legislative process?
California
State Senators who voted no on AB 2109: Anderson, Berryhill, Cannella, De
León, DeSaulnier, Dutton, Emmerson, Fuller, Gaines, Huff, La Malfa, Runner,
Strickland, Walters, Wyland.
California Assembly Members who voted no
on AB 2109: Achadjian, Beth Gaines, Bill Berryhill, Conway, Cook, Donnelly,
Garrick, Gatto, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Harkey, Huber, Jeffries,
Jones, Knight, Logue, Mansoor , Miller, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby,
Olsen, Silva, Smyth, Valadao, Wagner.Don’t know who your
legislators are? Legislative Lookup and Contact Information can be obtained by
clicking
on http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html
and
entering your zip code to lookup who your legsislators are or you can
log
into the NVIC Advocacy Portal at http://NVICAdvocacy.org,
select
your California State Team Page, and click
on your
legislators names automatically displayed on the right side.
2)
If you have a
Senator or Assembly Member on the lists above who voted “NO” on AB2109 at any
time during the legislative process, call them or fax them and thank them for
their NO Vote on AB2109 and ask them to PLEASE contact Governor Brown to ask him
to VETO AB2109. Assembly Member Tim
Donnelly has written an excellent open request to the Governor to Veto AB2109.
You can read it here: http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/59/?p=article&sid=427&id=253064
3)
Keep calling and
faxing Governor Brown himself to VETO AB2109.http://govnews.ca.gov/gov39mail/mail.php
Governor Jerry
Brown
c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916)
445-2841
Fax: (916) 558-3160
4)
If you can make time
to attend and support the AB2109 VETO Rally this Friday, September
28th from 12 pm – 2pm on the west steps of the Capitol, please
go! Your NVIC California State Directors Dawn Winkler and Michelle
Gutierrez will be there, along with comedian/actor Rob Schneider, Assembly
member Tim Donnelly, and others! Here is a personal
request from NVIC CA State Director Dawn Winkler: “If you can make it, bring
signs!!! Be creative! They were great last time. We need every single person
possible to attend, this is the final stand. Media will undoubtedly be there and
this should be quite the event. Should the bill be signed before then, the event
will be a protest. Should the bill be vetoed before then, the event will be a
HUGE CELEBRATION! The Governor often waits until the very last couple of days
when it comes to controversial bills, so there is a chance he will have done
nothing with the bill by then. This is a chance to really make some noise. No
matter what, anyone who can come should try to be there! Updates and details
regarding the rally can be found on the Californians Against AB2109 Facebook
page.”
5)
If you need to
contact NVIC California State Directors Dawn Winkler or Michelle Gutierrez about
the rally or if you want to share information about your call to your
legislators, they can be reached at CADirector@NVICAdvocacy.org.
Sincerely,
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