NH public hearing Update 1/30/2010

[Guest guest]

Legislative Update for 1/30/2010

First and foremost we would like to acknowledge and thank everyone who

came to the public hearing on Thursday. A special thanks for those

of you who testified (Representatives McConkey, and Wiley,

Farrah, Donna, , Dr. Duke Lovetere, Dr. Tallman Ruhm,

and Dr. Lanzara). We had over 75 people in attendance; a

standing room only crowd. Unfortunately, this also meant that many of you

who took the morning/day off or travelled a long distance etc. were not

able to get into the hearing room to even listen to testimony, let alone

have the opportunity to testify. We regret that the committee (even after

receiving 40+ letters) did not make the other room available to

us.

However, you still have the opportunity to attend and testify at the

reconvened session of the public hearing on Monday, February 8th at 1pm

in the Legislative Office Building (LOB) room 205-207 (33 North State St.

Concord NH).

Action Updates:

Public Hearing on 2/8/2010

• If you weren’t able to attend the first public hearing, please consider

attending on Monday, February 8th at 1pm. The committee has reserved both

rooms, so everyone who attends should be able to get a seat inside the

room to listen to the testimony. As of right now, there are no hearings

scheduled at 2pm in either room.

• We will be meeting in the hallway outside of LOB room 205-207 before

the hearing. We will again be providing stickers. This made a big visual

impact on those in attendance and the committee.

• We submitted the names of the people who had signed the petition as of

1/28/2010. If you haven’t signed the petition, please do so, as we will

submit any additional names at the hearing on the 8th.

(

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/vacchoicenh/ )

• You are more than welcome to come to the hearing, sign in and leave

when you need to. No one needs to stay for the entire hearing (~1 hour

long)

• If you had planned to give oral testimony on Thursday, but were not

able to and cannot attend on the 8th, please be sure that you send it to

us at VacChoiceNH@....

We can submit more written testimony on the 8th.

• Written/oral testimony is easier than you think. Here are some

ideas:

o Adverse reaction/experience with a vaccine

o How does the ‘One size fits all’ not fit for you & your

family?

o Why the current Religious exemption doesn’t work for you?

o Do you want get some vaccines and not others? Would choose getting some

over none if the CB exemption was available?

o Negative experience with your pediatrician/finding a doctor to support

your medical choices

o Informed Consent and your right to make medical decisions for each

vaccine

o Have you moved here from one of the states that have a Conscientious

Belief/Philosophical exemption? Has only having the religious exemption

as an option restricted you? Feel that you have to sign it under

duress?

o Contract a illness that you/family member had been previously

vaccinated against?

o Have you been asked to sign the AAP’s “Refusal to Vaccinate”

form?

• Please e-mail us a copy of your written testimony, so that we can make

the 21 copies needed to hand into the committee. If you are planning on

providing oral testimony, please send us a copy for our records and bring

20 copies in with you for the committee. We can also print them for you

if you ask in advance.

VacChoiceNH@...

For those NOT attending on the 8th and NOT submitting testimony:

There is still plenty of time to contact your reps. You can find them by

town or county here:

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/wml.aspx.

We ask that you:

• Call your representative and ask them for their support for HB 1555 an

act adding an exemption from immunization for conscientious

beliefs.

o If they do not support HB 1555 or seem hesitant, please let us know as

soon as possible.

• Ask them to sign in at the hearing on Monday, February 8th at 1pm in

LOB 205-207.

• Give them the website address

www.VacChoiceNH.org to access

the amended bill. I have a link to the amended bill on the

website’s home page.

• If you choose to e-mail your rep, please attach a copy of the amended

bill to your e-mail and copy us. DO NOT E-MAIL after Thursday, February

4th, as your rep may not get your e-mail on time. Please call.

• Do the same for your senators. You can find them on the same page as

your reps. Please be sure to address them as Senator (not Rep).

Again, if you have ANY questions, need some help, want us to read over

your testimony, etc, please do not hesitate to e-mail us.

Thanks again for all of your support. and I cannot get this any

further without everyone contributing towards this effort. ANY adult over

the age of 18 can send a letter/make a phone call. EACH VOTER COUNTS

(even if you are not registered to vote).

Thanks!

Eileen and

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA

Vaccines -

http://vaccinationdangers.wordpress.com/

Vaccine Dangers, Childhood Disease Classes & Homeopathy

Online/email courses - next classes start January 27 & 28

http://www.wellwithin1.com/vaccineclass.htm or

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