>> >> PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL TEXAS CHIROPRACTIC CONTACTS >> TIME CRITICAL >> >> From: >> Dawn Richardson, President >> Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education (PROVE) >> P.O. BOX 1071, Cedar Park, TX 78630-1071 >> Phone: (512) 918-8760 • Fax: (512) 918-9661 >> prove@swbell.net • http://home.swbell.net/prove >> >> >> ATTENTION TEXAS CHIROPRACTORS: >> CALLS AND FAXES NEEDED FOR TEXAS LEGISLATORS AND >> HOUSE CALENDARS COMMITTEE IMMEDIATELY! >> >> Support HB 1347: Adding a Conscientious Exemption for Immunization in >> Texas >> >> Even though on April 7th the House Public Health Committee voted 6:1 >> in favor of parental rights regarding immunization by amending the >> Texas immunization exemption laws to broaden the religious exemption >> to add reasons of conscience, HB 1347 is stuck in the House Calendars >> Committee because there are those in opposition to this bill who >> proclaim that they don't trust parents to make health decisions for >> their children. They believe the children at greater risk for injury >> and death from a vaccine are expendable in the name of the "greater >> good." >> >> For the sake of our children, we are reaching out to health care >> professionals across the state to help us thwart this attack on our >> efforts to reclaim our parental rights to protect our children in >> Texas by arming our legislators with the education to counter the >> misleading information being presented to them. >> >> TIME IS CRITICAL! Here is what you can do TODAY: >> >> 1) Support Getting HB 1347 Scheduled For a House Vote ASAP by: >> >> A) CALLING ALL CALENDARS COMMITTEE MEMBERS TWICE A WEEK >> CALL each office below and ask to speak with the legislative >> aid handling health bills referred Calendars. Introduce >> yourself as a health care professional, where you are >> calling from, and say something like, "Please ask >> Representative ______ to vote favorably to set HB 1347 on >> the agenda of the House of Representatives for a second >> reading as soon as possible. As a health care professional, >> I support this bill because: [add your reasons]." >> >> Please have your office staff and clients make calls too. We >> need a massive showing of calls and faxes because we are >> running out of time! >> >> B) FAXING A LETTER TO ALL CALENDARS COMMITTEE MEMBERS >> FAX each Calendars Committee member a letter to their >> in-office fax numbers listed below. Email if you can't fax >> because a fax has a greater impact. But if you have fax and >> email, please do both. >> >> SAMPLE LETTER >> >> [YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE] >> [DATE] >> >> The Honorable [REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME] >> Box 2910 >> Austin, TX 78768-2910 >> >> Dear Representative [REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME], >> >> As a health care professional, I urge you to support HB 1347 >> which expands the immunization exemption laws to guarantee >> the right of a parent to delay or decline an immunization >> for reasons of conscience. The House Public Health Committee >> voted 6:1 in favor of HB 1347, and I support this bill for >> the following reasons. >> >> [ADD YOUR PERSONAL REASONS HERE - KEEP IT LESS THAN ONE >> PAGE] >> >> I believe it is the right of the patient to choose their >> health care provider and their mode of treatment. It is my >> experience that parents are capable of making informed >> decisions about the health care of their children and must >> not be placed in a position in which exercising a >> conscientious objection to the administration of a vaccine >> to protect their child from harm means breaking the law. No >> parent wants their child to die or be injured from a vaccine >> preventable disease or a vaccine. It is my professional >> opinion that this bill will not hurt immunization rates, but >> rather it will protect the minority of families who have >> deeply held conscientious beliefs that a "one-size-fits-all" >> approach to mass vaccination policies could result in the >> needless suffering or sacrifice of their child. >> >> Sincerely, >> [YOUR NAME] >> >> HOUSE CALENDARS COMMITTEE MEMBERS >> >> Representative Name Phone >> Fax Email >> >> Rep. Barry Telford - Chair (512) 463-0692 Fx:(512) >> 463-8155 barry.telford@house.state.tx.us >> Rep. Paul Hilbert - Vice Chair (512) 463-0572 Fx:(512) >> 463-1908 paul.hilbert@house.state.tx.us >> Rep. Kim Brimer (512) 463-0632 Fx:(512) >> 480-8629 kim.brimer@house.state.tx.us >> Rep. Henry Cuellar (512) 463-0558 Fx:(512) >> 463-6296 henry.cuellar@house.state.tx.us >> Rep. Debra Danburg (512) 463-0504 Fx:(512) >> 463-0024 debra.danburg@house.state.tx.us >> Rep. Harold Dutton, Jr. (512) 463-0510 Fx:(512) >> 463-8333 harold.dutton@house.state.tx.us >> Rep. Brian McCall (512) 463-0594 Fx:(512) >> 463-5896 brian.mccall@house.state.tx.us >> Rep. Paul Sadler (512) 463-0626 Fx:(512) >> 463-5966 paul.sadler@house.state.tx.us >> Rep. Bill Siebert (512) 463-0686 Fx:(512) >> 473-2195 bill.siebert@house.state.tx.us >> Rep. Senfronia Thompson (512) 463-0720 Fx:(512) >> 463-6306 senfronia.thompson@house.state.tx.us >> Rep. Sylvester Turner (512) 463-0554 Fx:(512) >> 463-8380 sylvester.turner@house.state.tx.us >> >> 2) Create Support for HB 1347 in the House and Senate Immediately by: >> >> A) CALLING YOUR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR >> Call the Capitol Switchboard (512) 463-4630 to connect to >> your Representative or Senator's office. >> Because we have so little time, it is imperative that all >> the general House and Senate members know their constituents >> want this bill. If we are successful in applying enough >> public pressure on the Calendar Committee to release it, our >> best chance will be an immediate floor vote. >> >> If you don't know who your state legislators are, you can >> call your county voter registration office or link to >> http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/fyi/fyi.htm >> >> B) FAXING A LETTER TO YOUR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR >> >> To Write State Representatives: >> Box 2910, Austin, TX 78768-2910 House Fax: (512) 463-5896 >> Email: [first.last]@house.state.tx.us >> >> To Write State Senators: >> Box 12068, Austin, TX 78711-2068 Senate Fax: (512) 463-0326 >> Email: [first.last]@senate.state.tx.us >> >> 3) Subscribe to bill updates/actions. >> >> Send an email note to prove@swbell.net with the words "Subscribe HB >> 1347" in the subject line. If we succeed here, we will need more of >> your support in the next few weeks and will need to communicate with >> you quickly. >> >> 4) Immediately share this with other like-minded health care >> practitioners and patients to make calls and faxes too. >> >> > >-- > >*************************************************************** >Karin Schumacher >Vaccine Information & Awareness (VIA) >12799 La Tortola >San Diego, CA 92129 >619-484-3197 (phone/voicemail) >619-484-1187 (fax) >via@access1.net (email) >http://www.909shot.com (NVIC website) >http://www.access1.net/via (VIA website) >*************************************************************** >We Must Have The Freedom To Choose & Respect Everyone's Choice >*************************************************************** >Any information obtained here is not to be construed as medical >OR legal advice. The decision to vaccinate and how you >implement that decision is yours and yours alone. >***************************************************************