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| Date: From: Subject: | 10/6/2009 3:16:44 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Massachusetts--URGENT--Calls Needed to Oppose Forced Immunizations! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Massachusetts--URGENT--Calls Needed to Oppose Forced Immunizations! Dear Members and Friends, The full House of Representatives for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is scheduled to vote on Senate Bill 2028, the "Pandemic Response Bill," THIS Thursday, October 8. The media has widely reported the problems with this bill, including its granting broad and sweeping powers to the governor and other government officials in a "health emergency." The bill is fraught with problems, including overly broad language and a lack of clear definitions. The bill was passed unanimously by the Massachusetts Senate in April. Since then, however, a number of senators have gone on record expressing their concern with the bill and their desire to see the bill defeated or at least re-worked in the House. HSLDA opposes this legislation because of our grave concerns regarding the bill's granting unparalleled powers to the government, including authority to force vaccinations on children. HSLDA believes that parents should always have the right, in every situation, to exempt themselves and their children from vaccinations. There are many medical, philosophical and religious reasons as to why this should be so. Unfortunately, this bill grants authority to local and even unlicensed government "appointees" to vaccinate. It grants police the power to incarcerate, without a warrant, adults who refuse to be vaccinated, and the right to seize children if their parents refuse. These, among others, are unacceptable provisions. HSLDA understands the need for government to be able to protect citizens during an emergency. The concerns regarding the H1N1 virus are important, but they are not of sufficient magnitude to justify granting such broad, undefined and sweeping power to the government. Please take action, as requested below, to oppose this unprecedented intrusion by the government. For more information about this bill see our legislative information page at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=7048 ACTION REQUESTED Please contact your representative TODAY to ask him or her to vote against S.B. 2028. Give this message in your own words: "This unprecedented granting of power to the government invades the civil liberties of its citizens and is unwarranted. S.B. 2028 is too sweeping and ill-defined to permit a responsible legislator to vote in favor of them. At the very least, the proposed law requires a significant amount of reworking and study before going forward. Please vote no on S.B. 2028." You can find your representative here: http://www.hslda.org/toolbox There is no need to identify yourself as a homeschooler as this bill affects all parents in the Commonwealth. Thank you for your commitment to defending freedom and family! Very Truly Yours, Michael P. 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