It is our intention to REINSTATE our RIGHT to CONSCIENCE/Philosophical Objection for all Vermonters so they may protect their health. We believe there should always be a choice. If you agree and believe that you should be able to choose what goes into the body of your baby, toddler, teen or your self, please consider donating today!
Today, the pharmaceutical industry is working hard to make the use of their products mandatory. Did you know that in 1986, Congress passed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, shielding vaccine manufacturers and doctors from civil product liability and malpractice lawsuits when a permanent disability or death is caused by a vaccine. We believe there should always be a choice. If you agree that you should be able to choose what goes into the body of your baby, toddler, teen or yourself, please donate!
Vaccination has always been a voluntary procedure in the State of Vermont, even during times of smallpox and polio outbreaks, never has vaccination been forced on the citizenry. In fact, Vermont citizens have long-held reservations against compulsory vaccination. For more than a century, (and long before the industry was indemnified from product liability – in 1986), this debate has been quite active. For example, in 1912, there was a “Vigorous Discussion Over Vaccination” (in the era of smallpox) that was captured in the Barre Daily Times, November 15, 1912.
One can also read about the grave concerns expressed by citizens like F.E. Simpson of Glover, Vermont: He warned about our fundamental rights and liberties being at risk due to medical politics (see the Orleans County monitor, January 12, 1921).
In more recent times, there was Marcia Bruno’s insistence that parents have the ultimate choice when it comes to vaccination for their children. She wrote her letter as the state board of health and pediatricians were pushing for mandatory school vaccination laws in 1979.
Marcia Bruno’s plea ended in a vote that added broad discretion in vaccine decision-making for Vermont parents in 1979.
If the AAP and CDC’s vaccine “recommendations” today are followed, babies born in 2016 will receive 50 injections by age 18. This is seven times the number of injections recommended in 1983, before industry was freed from liability for product harm.
In 2007, Merck and some legislators tried, but failed, to mandate the HPV vaccine for school entry in Vermont. At that time, “Moral Exemptions” were re-named to “Philosophical Exemptions.”
In 2011, the Supreme Court decided Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, prohibiting any individual from filing a civil suit for a defectively designed vaccine in any US court. Pharmaceutical companies and doctors now enjoy extraordinary protection against liability for vaccine injury or death that may occur after they “give” a vaccine.
In 2012, “Philosophical Exemptions” were upheld in a vote of 133-6, but modified to force parents to be “educated” and then sign a form that contained questionable assertions.
After intense lobbying by pharma and the medical industry, including scaring lawmakers into supporting mandatory vaccinations, “Philosophical Exemptions”were deleted from Vermont law on July 1, 2016. It is our intention to REINSTATE our RIGHT to CONSCIENCE/Philosophical Objection for all Vermonters so they may protect their health.
Please help defend your inalienable right to make conscientious medical decisions for your children and your self, by joining and donating to support our efforts. Thank you!
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