NJ Proposed Conscientious Exemption to Vaccination Bill S1071

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>>NJ is the first and only state to mandate the flu shot for all preschoolers 6 months and older as well as the only state to mandate the meningitis vaccine for 6 th graders. We also now require a pneumonia shot for preschool and another DTaP booster for 6 th grade. Our children are getting too many shots too soon. We have the highest rates of autism in the country and parents must have the right to informed consent when it comes to vaccination.<<=======http://www.njaicv.org/Action_Alert.htm****** ACTION ALERT ******Your Calls Are Needed to Protect Our Children's Health and Our RightsOn Thursday, June 5th the proposed Conscientious Exemption to Vaccination Bill S1071 was heard in committee. We have made steady progress and now have 24 sponsors in the Assembly and 10 sponsors in the Senate.Help us add a conscientious exemption to NJ State Immunization Laws - Sign the PetitionYou can view the Bills A260 and S1071 - Please Note - These are PDFs. If needed, you can download the reader for these documents.Click your location on the map to get your legislator information.  Sponsors for A260 / S1071Legislation providing for conscientious exemption to mandatory immunizations. District Title Name Status 5 Asw. Cruz-, Nilsa Co-Sponsor 6 Asm. Greenwald, Louis D. Co-Sponsor 8 Asm. Rudder, Co-Sponsor 10 Sen. Ciesla, R. Co-Sponsor 13 Asw. Handlin, Amy H. Co-Sponsor 15 Sen. , Shirley K. Co-Sponsor 16 Sen. Bateman, Co-Sponsor 16 Asm. Biondi, J. Primary Sponsor 18 Asm. Diegnan, J. Jr. Primary Sponsor 19 Asm. Vas, ph Co-Sponsor 21 Asm. Bramnick, Jon M. Primary Sponsor 22 Asw. Stender, Co-sponsor 23 Asm. Doherty, J. Co-sponsor 24 Asm. Chiusano, R. Co-Sponsor 24 Asw. McHose, Alison Littell Co-Sponsor 24 Sen. Oroho, V. Co-Sponsor 25 Sen. Bucco, R. Primary Sponsor 25 Asm. Merkt, A. Co-Sponsor 27 Asm. McKeon, F. Co-Sponsor 30 Sen. Singer, W. Co-Sponsor 31 Asm. Chiappone, Co-Sponsor 32 Asm. Prieto, Co-Sponsor 34 Sen. Gill Esq., Nia H. Co-Sponsor 34 Asw. Oliver, Sheila Y. Co-Sponsor 35 Sen. Girgenti, A. Co-Sponsor 36 Sen. Sarlo, Co-Sponsor 36 Asm. Schaer, S. Primary Sponsor 38 Asw. Voss, Joan M. Co-Sponsor 38 Asm. Wagner, Connie Co-Sponsor 39 Asw. Vandervalk, Charlotte Primary Sponsor 39 Asm. Rooney, E. Co-Sponsor 39 Sen. Cardinale, Gerald Primary Sponsor 40 Asm. Rumana, Co-Sponsor 40 Sen. O'Toole, J. Co-Sponsor Total to date: 34Keep the pressure on. If your legislator is not listed above - please call and as their constituent request their support - or if they are listed call and thank them. Please send any feedback you receive to email@...ALSO - Let your local papers know what's going on! Write letters to the editors.Find Local NJ Newspapers: Asbury Park Press Atlantic City Press Bridgeton Evening News Bridgewater Courier-News Burlington County Times Business News New Jersey Cape May County Herald Cherry Hill Courier-Post Eagle Dayton Cranbury Press Dayton South Brunswick Post East Brunswick Home News Tribune East Orange Record Glenridge Paper Gloucester County Times Hackensack, The Record Hammonton Gazette Hightstown Messenger-Press Hightstown Register News Hillsborough Beacon Hillsborough Manville News Hopewell Beacon News Hopewell Valley News Hunterdon County Democrat Hunterdon County News Kearney Observer Lawrence Ledger Madison Eagle Newspaper Manasquan Coast Star Middlesex County News Millburn-Short Hills Item town-Parsippany Daily Record Neptune Asbury Park Press Newark Jersey Journal Newark Star-Ledger New Jersey Express-Times New Jersey Jewish News Newton New Jersey Herald North Brunswick Sentinel North Jersey Newspapers Ocean County Observer - Times-Beacon Newspapers Ocean Star Packet Publications Links to 12 community newspapers http://www.zwire.com/site/news.asp?brd=1091 & pag=460 & dept_id=418220 The Beacon - www.beaconnews.com Cranbury Press - www.cranburypress.com Hillsborough Beacon - www.hillsboroughbeacon.com Hopewell Valley News - www.hopewellvalleynews.com The Lawrence Ledger - www.lawrenceledger.com The Manville News - www.manvillenews.com The Messenger-Press - www.messengerpress.com The Princeton Packet - www.princetonpacket.com The Register-News - www.registernews.com South Brunswick Post - www.southbrunswickpost.com Windsor-Hights Herald - www.windsorhightsherald.com The Weekly Almanac - www.theweeklyalmanac.com Passaic County News Passaic County North Jersey Herald News Princeton Packet Town Topics Shore News Today http://www.shorenewstoday.com/ Links to 5 South Shore newspapers South Jersey Sports Times-Beacon Newspapers - Ocean County Observer Toms River Ocean County News Trenton Times Trenton Trentonian Verona-Cedar Grove Times Vineland Daily Journal Westfield Leader West Orange Chronicle Windsor-Hights Herald Worrall Community Newspapers http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1847 Links to 20 community newspapers  * * * * * * * * * * BACKGROUND & FACTS * * * * * * * * * * *NJ already mandates the following to get into day care or school:Infant: Hep B-3 doses; HIB-3 doses; DTaP-3 vaccines in one, 3 doses; Polio-3 dosesToddler: HIB-1 dose; DTaP-1 dose; MMR-3 vaccines in one-1 dose; Chickenpox-1 doseChild: MMR-3 vaccines in one, 1 dose; Polio-1 dose These mandates will add: Prevnar - 3 more infant doses, 1 toddler dose (note:  Prevnar contains SEVEN different strains of bacterial meningitis.) And add Flu- 2 more infant doses  If NJ adds Prevnar and Flu shot the grand total will be:2 months of age = 13 viruses/bacteria at one time 4 months of age = 13 viruses/bacteria at one time 6  months of age = 14 viruses/bacteria at one time (add flu)Flu Shot: First time flu shot is two doses.  The flu shot contains 25 micrograms of mercury.  The EPA “safety limit” is .1 (point 1) microgram per 2.2 pounds of body weight.  That means that 25 micrograms is safe ONLY if you weigh 550 pounds.  How can they approve this shot for anyone and they want to give infants the shot twice?!TDaP: If NJ adds TDaP: it contains Formaldehyde, a carcinogen.  The amount of aluminum acceptable for an adult male is 25 micrograms per day. So an infant safety level would be much lower than that. ADACEL (Sanofi) has 150 mcg of aluminum and Boostrix (GSK) has 39 mcg of aluminum.Meningococcal: If NJ adds Meningococcal vaccine (meningitis): Sanofi Pasteur Menomune multidose contains 25mcg of Thimerosal.   Again, not safe as detailed above under Flu shot.NJ is the first and only state to mandate the flu shot for all preschoolers 6 months and older as well as the only state to mandate the meningitis vaccine for 6 th graders. We also now require a pneumonia shot for preschool and another DTaP booster for 6 th grade. Our children are getting too many shots too soon. We have the highest rates of autism in the country and parents must have the right to informed consent when it comes to vaccination.The following organizations are opposed to more mandatory vaccines and are in favor of a conscientious belief exemption.Advocates for Children's' Health Affected by Mercury Poisoning (A-CHAMP)www.a-champ.org GilmoreAssociation of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)Far Hills, NJ www.aapsonline.org Schlafly, General CounselAutism Onewww.autismone.orgEd ArrangaAutism Research Institute4182 Ave San Diego , CA 92116Dr Edelson www.autism.comChildren Having Everybody Really Upset About Shots (C.H.E.R.U.B.S.)10 Irving Place , Summit , New Jersey 07901 www.callingtheshots.infoBarbara Flynn, FounderGeneration Rescuewww.generationrescue.orgJB Handley, Portland ORHolistic Moms NetworkPO Box 408 Caldwell , NJ 07006(877) HOL-MOMS www.holisticmoms.org Amy GalarowiczNational Autism Association (NAA)1330 W. Schatz Lane , Nixa , MO 65714 Fournier www.nationalautismassociation.orgNew Jersey Alliance for Informed Choice in Vaccination (NJAICV)PO Box 243 Gillette , NJ 07933 www.NJAICV.orgSue , Co-FounderNetwork Organization for Vaccine Awareness and Choice (NOVAC)49 Wehrli Rd. Long Valley , NJ 07853Maureen DrummondNJ Coalition for Vaccination Choice www.njvaccinationchoice.comTalk About Curing Autism (TACA)Newport Beach , CA www.taca.org AckermanTaper SafelyLivingston , NJLynn s, Founderwww.tapersafely.orgUnlocking AutismTyrone , GA Cale www.unlockingautism.orgUS Autism and Aspergers Association (USAAA)Dr. Larry KaplanThe following three groups have specific statements that follow:National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) Barbara Loe FisherCoMeD , Inc., Silver Spring, MD, Dr. G. King, Science Advisorwww.Mercury-freeDrugs.org  _G@...SafeMinds 254 Trickum Creek Road Tyrone , GA Theresa Wrangham, PresidentThe National Vaccine Information Center , which represents citizens in New Jersey and every state, joins with other parent groups in opposing the addition of nine more doses of vaccines to New Jersey State mandates for daycare or school entry. NVIC also strongly supports the addition of a conscientious belief exemption to New Jersey state vaccine laws.CoMeD, Inc., also known as the Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs, is opposed to adding the 4 vaccines to the mandated NJ vaccinations list, and supports the pending NJ "conscientious" exemption bill. In addition, CoMeD supports replacing all state mandates for vaccination with "opt in" laws that provide vouchers for those vaccines that are truly cost-effective and safe. SAFE MINDSWe write this letter in response to a request for SafeMinds to endorse actions against mandating the use of thimerosal (mercury) containing vaccines in New Jersey .  We are aware that on Monday December 10th the New Jersey Public Health Council is meeting to consider mandating four new vaccines for New Jersey daycare and school aged children.   The Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus booster and Prevnar vaccines contain high amounts of aluminum, also a known neurotoxin with little safety testing and is cause for concern.  The two remaining vaccines the PHC is to consider mandating continue to be offered in versions containing high levels of thimerosal (mercury); the influenza and meningococcal vaccines.   In 1999 the American Academy of Pediatrics in a joint statement with the US Public Health Service recommended mercury be removed from vaccines “as soon as possible”.  While most vaccines comply with this recommendation, eight years later many influenza and meningococcal vaccines still contain thimerosal (mercury) several times over established federal safety limits.  Since that time the body of independent clinical and biological research continues to grow and demonstrate the harmful effects of mercury in vaccines.  As such, the Coalition for SafeMinds is opposed to the continued use of mercury containing vaccines and supports efforts discontinue its use in vaccines.www.safeminds.org     tkw.safeminds@... The Coalition for SafeMinds is a private charitable nonprofit organization founded to investigate and raise awareness of the risks to infants and children of exposure to mercury from the environment and medical products, including thimerosal in vaccines. The Coalition of SafeMinds supports research on the potential harmful effects of mercury and thimerosal.         V A C C I N A T I O NParents and Individuals Concerned About Vaccine Safety and the Right to Informed ConsentP.O. Box 243 Gillette, NJ 07933  email@...  Phone: 800.613.9925 or 973.252.5440     Fax: 201.651.1142  =========In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.