[NVIC] NY Vaccine Ed Roundtable Mon. Dec. 15

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NY Philosophical Exemption To Be Discussed at Monday, Dec. 15 Vaccine

Education Roundtable on L.I.

by Barbara Loe Fisher

Assemblyman Marc Alessi (D-Wading River) is hosting a public

roundtable discussion on vaccination and proposed legislation

(A.5468) to allow parents a philosophical exemption to vaccination on

Monday, December 15, 2008 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stony Brook

University's Student Activities Center, Ballroom B. All sides of the

vaccine debate will be discussed by parents and physicians in a panel

discussion. Representatives from the New York State Department of

Health and the American Academy of Pediatrics, including Lou ,

M.D., will participate on the panel along with Barbara Loe Fisher, of

the National Vaccine Information Center; New York pediatrician

Lawrence Palevsky, M.D., Gilmore, of Autism United, and Louise

Kuo Habakus, of the New Jersey Coalition for Vaccination Choice.

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York state law requires children attending daycare and/or school to

receive 26 doses of 11 vaccines. New York pediatricians promote

adherence to the vaccine schedule recommended by the federal

government, which is 69 doses of 16 vaccines for girls and 66 doses

of 15 vaccines for boys between birth and age 18. Often federal

guidelines are turned into state laws by state public health

officials. Neighboring state, New Jersey, requires the most

vaccinations of any state in the country: 35 doses of 13 vaccines. A

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freedom rally supporting legislation to give New Jersey parents the

right to exercise conscientious belief exemption to vaccination was

held in Trenton in October.

New York law prohibits children from attending daycare or school

unless they can provide documented proof they have received every

state mandated vaccine or have filed and received approval from state

officials to exempt their children from vaccine requirements for

medical reasons or for deeply held religious beliefs. In 1987, the

New York State Supreme Court upheld the right of parents to file and

receive religious exemption to vaccination for personal, spiritual

beliefs which were not associated with an organized church or

religion (Sherr v Northport- E, Northport Union Free School Dist.,

672F. Supp81 [ED NY 1987].)

Parents who have attempted to file medical or religious exemptions to

vaccination in New York continue to report that both exemptions can

be very difficult to obtain. Usually medical exemptions written by

physicians will not be accepted by state education and public health

officials unless the contraindications stated by physicians conform

with narrow guidelines approved by federal public health officials.

There have been cases of parents having appropriately filed religious

exemptions only to have them denied after New York state education

officials and attorneys have grilled parents for hours about the

sincerity of their religious beliefs.

Bayport mother of two,

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Palma has had the religious exemption she filed for her two sons

rejected by New York. She is in the courts right now fighting for her

right to receive a religious exemption to vaccination for her

children and is still looking for legal representation as she goes up

against the State of New York.

In the U.S., all states provide for medical exemptions to vaccination

in vaccine laws; all but two (Mississippi and West Virginia) provide

for religious exemptions; and 18 provide for personal, philosophical

or conscientious belief exemptions. State vaccine laws and a map and

information on vaccine exemptions in different states can be found on

the website of the

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Vaccine Information Center.

In a media advisory outlining why he is holding the Dec. 15 vaccine

education forum, leading sponsor of the philosophical exemption

legislation Assemblyman Alessi said " Parents are presented with a lot

of conflicting information regarding the consequences of certain

vaccines, leaving us with many unanswered questions about the basic

safety of New York's current vaccine programs. "

The roundtable discussion is open to the public. Seating in the room

is limited to about 175 people and is on a first come, first serve

basis. For more information, call 631-929-5540.

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