Protect Vaccine Choice in DC

The DC Council has approved a bill, DC B23-0171, that would allow children 11 and older to consent to vaccines without a parent's knowledge. Congress has the power to reject this legislation, and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) has sponsored a joint resolution rejecting this bad bill alongside Reps. Michael Cloud (R-TX) and Gary Palmer (R-AL). We must urge our elected officials in DC to sign on as co-sponsors to this resolution so this bill does not become law in DC.

This is a big win for ANH. Congress has heard you and is taking action to protect parental rights, but they need your help to finish the job.

Write to your federal representatives, urging them to sign on as co-sponsors to Sen. Lee's resolution.

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Please oppose DC B23-0171

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The DC Council has approved a bill, DC B23-0171, that would allow children 11 and older to consent to vaccines without a parent's knowledge. Congress has the power to reject this legislation, and Senator Mike Lee, Representative Michael Cloud and Representative Gary Palmer are sponsoring a joint resolution to oppose this bill. Please contact their offices to sign on as a co-sponsor to the resolution rejecting this bill.

This bill raises a number of concerns for parents, children, and patients in general.

The DC bill blatantly disregards parental rights and could also put children's health in jeopardy, seeing as young children are unlikely to know the previous health care they have received, their family medical history, and other important details that could impact or negatively interact with other treatments or care. Informed consent is a cornerstone of medicine, and under the circumstances imposed by this bill, it appears impossible for a child to grant it in receiving a vaccine outside of their parents' knowledge.

The DC bill goes so far as to hide information from parents who have religious objections to vaccinations. It instructs physicians to leave immunization records blank for any child who attends public school in DC and who personally consents to receive a vaccination but whose parent has used a religious exemption for vaccinations or has opted out of receiving the Human Papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine.

The bill also directs providers to seek insurance reimbursement for the vaccinations without parental consent and prohibits insurers from sending an Explanation of Benefits for the vaccinations to the child's parents. The child's school is directed to keep the immunization record confidential except to share the record with the Department of Health or the school-based health center.

Going to such lengths to keep this important health information from parents is completely unacceptable.

Please contact Senator Lee, Representative Palmer or Representative Cloud to sign on as a co-sponsor to the joint resolution rejecting this bill.

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