EMERGENCY- THREAT TO CIVIL RIGHTS

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Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 12:18:11 -0500

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Subject: [DAN] ACTION NEEDED!!!New State " Emergency " Powers Threaten Civil

Liberties Unel

IAHF Webmaster: What to Do, Breaking News, Anti Vaccination, Anti Chip

IAHF List:The American Association of Physicians and Surgeons, the primary

group that killed Hillary Clinton's horrible anti civil libertarian health

care proposal is doing a GREAT job via an online petition at

http://www.aapsonline.org/ where they're trying to urge Bush to oppose the

model legislation being pushed by HHS on all the state legislatures that

would

make governors of all 50 states total fascist dictators with the power to

imprison you/seize your property if you refuse to submit to vaccinations.

You will find complete info on the aaps website, and I strongly urge you to

go

there to sign their petition and tell everyone you know about it , because

unless you do, we will soon find outselves in a situation where you can be

imprisoned/prohibited from traveling/ if you refuse to submit to

vaccinations

for anthrax, smallpox, etc.

http://www.aapsonline.org/

PATIENT ALERT!!! ACTION NEEDED!!!

New State " Emergency " Powers Threaten Civil Liberties Unelected Officials

Can

Force

Vaccinations, Quarantines, Rationing & Property Seizures

December 13, 2001 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is

sending a model bill for state legislatures

to pass that would give public health officials and governors sweeping new

authority to quarantine and vaccinate

individuals. Moreover, the proposal allows government authorities to ration

and commandeer drugs and other items,

including firearms and private property.

This bill would give the governor the power to declare himself dictator in

case of a " public health

emergency " -- which means whatever he says it does. Further, the governor

could then delegate this authority to

unelected political appointees in state and local public health offices.

The bill is so alarming that even state legislators are publicly opposing

it,

including the American Legislative

Exchange Council (ALEC), the nation's largest bipartisan, individual

membership organization of state legislators.

While ALEC's Director of the Health and Human Services Task Force

acknowledges

that safeguarding citizens from

biological and chemical attack is a critical function of government, " We

must

take a much more deliberative

approach in crafting effective policy without sacrificing the rights and

liberties of individuals and families, "

said King.

The proposed legislation, entitled the Model State Emergency Health Powers

Act

(MEHPA), is already under

consideration in several states including land, Massachusetts, Nevada,

Minnesota, Illinois, and California, while

many states will consider the measure during the 2002 legislative sessions,

according to King.

Upon declaring an emergency, the government could:

Force you to take a vaccination or a medical treatment decided by the

Governor

-- or be arrested;

Herd you into a public quarantine or isolation facility;

Seize any of your property that the government decided was necessary to cope

with the emergency, such as real

estate, fuel, food, clothing, and communication devices;

Destroy property alleged to be hazardous without compensation and without

recourse;

Conscript you or your business into State service;

Impose rationing, price controls, and quotas, and control the transportation

or use of any item deemed

" reasonable and necessary for emergency response, " specifically including

firearms; and

Suspend any State rules that might hinder the program.

The Governor does not have to consult the public health authority, the

legislature, or the courts. He does not

have to answer to anyone, ever, for the consequences of his actions. HHS

will

probably try to bribe or coerce the

legislature into passing this law by threatening to withhold federal funds

for

state Medicaid or other health programs.

HELP STOP THIS BILL!

SIGN THE PETITION. Urge President Bush to stop HHS from pushing this

monstrous

bill Log on to

www.aapsonline.org or call the AAPS Hotline at 800.419.4777

CONTACT STATE OFFICIALS. Tell legislators and your governor. Call the

Legislative Hotline in your State

Capitol.

SPREAD THE WORD. Tell colleagues, teachers, reporters, talk show hosts,

business leaders;

ALERT AAPS. Send news clips or any other reports about efforts to introduce

this bill in your state.

See our web site! go to: http://cdan.org/nyc and