We need your help to stop vaccine mandates in Massachusetts! A hearing on these bills was just announced.  Sign up by 5pm TOMORROW to testify  in opposition to the following bills that will profoundly impact families, children, and parental rights across our state.

• H.2554 An Act relative to routine childhood immunizations
• S.1557 An Act relative to vaccines and preventing future disease outbreaks
• S.1618 An Act promoting community immunity

The Joint Committee on Public Health is holding a public hearing THIS FRIDAY, June 6th, from 10 AM to 5 PM in the Gardner Auditorium at the State House in Boston. There is an option to testify virtually or in person. Written testimony may also be submitted. 

The deadline to register to testify is TOMORROW, Wednesday, June 4th, by 5 PM!

For full details and to sign up, click the button below.

Parents should not be forced to give their children a vaccine that conflicts with their deeply-held religious beliefs. These bills would limit or eliminate religious exemptions to school vaccine mandates and allow minors to consent to their own vaccinations

We oppose these bills for these reasons:

• Religious Exemption Eliminated
  S.1557 and H.2554 would completely eliminate the religious exemption to vaccines for K–12 students, while S.1618 would place all exemption requests under the control of the Department of Public Health (DPH), allowing them to deny exemptions during a declared “public health emergency” — even at private religious schools. This is a threat to religious liberty and parental rights that will have impacts far beyond just vaccines.
• Schools and Parents Shamed
  S.1618 would require schools to report student vaccination data and allow DPH to label schools as “elevated risk programs” if they don’t meet herd immunity thresholds. These schools would be forced to notify all current and prospective families, disproportionately targeting small private and religious schools, and could be ordered to exclude unvaccinated students at any time.
• Coerced Agreement with State Doctrine
  Parents requesting a religious exemption under S.1618 would be forced to sign a form stating that their beliefs contradict public health policy and endanger others — a coercive measure that stigmatizes religious conviction and punishes conscientious families.

Read our legislative brief to learn more.

Help us protect parental rights and religious liberty and register to testify today!

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