Universal Child Care Means Ending Parents' Rights

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Political leanings aside, I thought you might be interested in this excerpt

from Phyllis Schlafly's latest column. Below is the portion pertaining to

vaccines, but the rest of it is equally as interesting/disturbing ~ Becca

You can read the rest here:

http://eagleforum.org/column/2008/jan08/08-01-16.html

<< New Jersey regulations also require the pneumococcal vaccine for

preschoolers, the meningitis vaccine for sixth graders, and a booster shot for

the

diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis they already receive. Despite the protests of many

parents, including the New Jersey Alliance for Informed Choice in Vaccination,

these regulations will go into effect in September 2008.

Parents believe that this New Jersey requirement is a major encroachment on

parents' rights to make medical and other decisions for their own children.

Parents also cite the potential dangers of vaccines for some children.

Many of the flu shots and some of the meningitis vaccines contain the

mercury-based preservative thimerosal. This is the first time that any state has

mandated a vaccine containing mercury since the federal government adopted the

policy in 1999 of encouraging vaccines to be mercury-free " as soon as possible. "

The Food and Drug Administration advises pregnant women to avoid eating even

small amounts of fish with high mercury content. But New Jersey is now

demanding that six-month-old babies be given potential mercury vaccines if they

spend

even one day a week in daycare.

Another toxic substance, formaldehyde, is also present in the

diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis and flu vaccines.

New Jersey allows exemptions from vaccines for medical or religious reasons,

but some parents claim that the process of claiming an exemption is made as

difficult as possible.

In Prince 's County, land, officials used the heavy hand of

government to force vaccinations. Claiming that 2,300 out of 131,000 public

school

students had not received their hepatitis B and chickenpox vaccines, the state

began what the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons called a

" heavy-handed vaccine roundup. "

State's Attorney Glenn F. Ivey intimidated parents with what he called " legal

action. " He arranged to have letters sent to all parents who were " out of

compliance " demanding that they must attend a court hearing where they would

receive a verbal reprimand and their children would be vaccinated, presumably

forcibly.

The letter directly threatened parents: " Unexcused absences by your child may

subject you to a criminal charge. " Few parents knew they could apply for

medical or religious exemptions, and many believed they faced jail or heavy

fines

of $50 a day.

A decent respect for parents' rights over medical treatment imposed on their

own children should require that states allow vaccine exemptions for

philosophical and conscientious reasons, in addition to medical and religious

reasons.

A few states do but, unfortunately, not New Jersey or land. >>

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