Re: Liability/Was Phyllis Shlafly: Parents shouldn't place blind trust in vaccine

[Guest guest]

> > > In other words, state legislators take note. You should not

> mandate a

> > > vaccine just because the FDA licenses it or ACIP recommends it;

> you are

> > > responsible to make your own decisions and you cannot pass the

> buck to the

> > > FDA, ACIP or CDC.

> >

> > ,

> >

> > I wonder if people can then sue the states for mandating vaccines

> that are not " safe " ?

The states have sovereign immunity on this kind of issue. No hope.

What you CAN do is go find state legislators to elect in place of the

current AMA sycophants who will repeal all the laws governing medicine

and replace them with laws saying you can do what you want instead of

what the AMA and FDA bureaucrats want.

Andy

[Guest guest]

Nope, no personal ire being aimed anywhere, Ginger.

Whether it's worded in terms of separation of church & state or

establishment of religion, there is no need for (and I question the

legality of) providing a religious exemption, but no personal

conscientious exemption - which covers all religious and nonreligious

personal choices. Unfortunately, as some have reported on other

lists, parents are queried about affiliation and creed in some

religious-only states, and that should not be acceptable.

In my state I did challenge that type of limited exemption at the

local level, and opposition was dropped, so that's it for my possible

legal challenge. However, the lobbying is about to begin. (P.S.

Since you pondered this, and while I look at the person & the record,

not the party, my state's religious-only exemption was during a

Republican administration. I don't care which party changes it.)

[Guest guest]

<Unfortunately, as some have reported on other

lists, parents are queried about affiliation and creed in some

religious-only states, and that should not be acceptable.>

I don't think it is. There is case law at the Federal level, and I think

Filenbaum said at the Supreme Court level, stating that the State cannot

demand that the person be in a particular sect. You are welcome to pass on

the information from his talk to these other lists. I believe they have

people overzealously enforcing the law according to their own

interpretation, not that which is constitutional.

<In my state I did challenge that type of limited exemption at the

local level, and opposition was dropped, so that's it for my possible

legal challenge.>

So you got your exemption? Maybe that's the lesson- you just need to stand

up to them and the opposition folds!!

<However, the lobbying is about to begin.>

Best of luck. Clearly that is what is required. Have you connected up with

the NVIC? They have some helps for people lobbying at the state level, I

think. They might give you some good information.

<(P.S. Since you pondered this, and while I look at the person & the record,

not the party, my state's religious-only exemption was during a

Republican administration. I don't care which party changes it.)

>

We can take any continuing political discussion private.