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Subject: NYVIC Philosophical Exemption to Vaccination Alert

Dear Friends and Parents,

New Yorkers for Vaccination Information and Choice

Philosophical Exemption Alert

As you may know, a Philosophical Exemption bill was introduced into the New York

State Legislature by Suffolk County Assemblyman Marc Alessi in 2007. The bill

was re-introduced this year as A05468. A similar bill has been introduced into

the State Senate as S03031. According to the Assembly's website, no action has

been taken on these bills since they were re-introduced and referred to the

Health Committee in January. To read the contents and progress of the bills, see

http://assembly. state.ny. us/leg/?bn= S03031 and http://assembly. state.ny.

us/leg/?bn= A05468.

A parent recently notified us about an on-line petition in support of the

Assembly bill. It can be found at www.ipetitions. com/petition/ philosophicalexe

mptions/.

Early this year, Advocates for Children's Health Affected by Mercury Poisoning

(A-CHAMP) started a letter and e-mail campaign in support of the bills, through

their website at http://capwiz. com/a-champ/ issues/alert/ ?alertid=

11007911 & queueid=1748811266.

The bill was referred to in an article in Newsday, April 29, 2008, " Parents of

autistic kids push for vaccine law, " at www.newsday. com/services/ newspaper/

printedition/ tuesday/health/ ny-liauti2956670 75apr29,0, 6633882.story.

We encourage support of the petition and e-mail campaign, but you can make an

even greater impact by personally visiting or calling your representatives at

their offices, or by writing personal letters in your own words, to let them

know your opinion on these bills.

If you don't know who your state representatives are, this is a good time to

find out. There is a list of NY State Assembly members at http://assembly.

state.ny. us/mem/, where you can search for the Assembly Member(s) for your zip

code. To find your State Senator, see http://senate. state.ny. us/senatehomepag

e.nsf/senators? OpenForm. If there are more than one district in your zip code,

you will also need to know which Assembly District you live in. This information

should be on your voter ID card.

Since the Philosophical Exemption bills are still in the Health Committees, we

also suggest contacting members of these committees. To find members of the

Assembly Health Committee, see http://assembly. state.ny. us/comm/?

sec=mem & id=19. To find members of the Senate Health Committee, see

http://public. leginfo.state. ny.us/STATDOC/ COMS15.HTML.

You can find the above information and more on the " Health and Immunization Law "

page of the NYVIC website at http://nyvic. org/nyvic/ law/default. htm.

The next NYVIC information and support meeting will be Sunday, June 1st (5:30PM)

at Realbirth, 54 West 22nd Street in Manhattan. Please check www.nyvic.org/

nyvic/support for any possible changes a few days before the meeting.

Warmest regards,

the NYVIC team

www.nyvic.org

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