#61 January/February 2003
The Washington Free Press Washington's Independent Journal of News, Ideas & Culture
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9/11: "The Opportunity of Ages"

The AFL-CIO and Universal Health Care

Do More Vaccines Mean More Chronic Disease?

Conflicts of Interest

Vaccine Studies We'd Like to See

Washington: A Pro-Choice State - For Now

Environmental Justice Needed in South Park

Scooping 'em in Washington

Government Attacks Independent Media in Seattle, Bay Area

The Great American Newspeak Quiz

Haphazard Health

Iraq Under Siege

More Bayer Dangers

Nutritionists: Fix the Food Pyramid

Refuge from Terror?

Terror, America, and Chomsky

Toward a Toxic-Free Future

"Unilateral" By Any Other Name Smells the Same

Regulars

Reader Mail

Northwest & Beyond

Envirowatch

Rad Videos

Workplace Issues

Nature Doc

Bob's Random Legal Advice

MediaBeat

WASHINGTON: A PRO-CHOICE STATE - FOR NOW

In Washington State, parents currently may opt out of any or allrequired vaccinations on basis of personal belief. Kids who areunvaccinated for a certain illness will be sent home from school ifthere is an outbreak of that illness in their district. This flexiblepolicy only exists in a handful of states. Most states allow religiouswaivers, but only if parents refuse all vaccinations. In many states,parents have been prosecuted when they refused to vaccinate children.For details, see the Consumer's Guide to Childhood Vaccinations, byBarbara Loe Fisher (it can be ordered on the internet). If you areinterested in retaining parental choice in this matter, please takenote: there are many pharmaceutical lobbyists and zealous healthprofessionals who would like to take this choice away from you. Pleasetell your state legislators that you are interested in retainingparental choice in vaccinations. If any reader knows of a health orparent organization active in Olympia that would like to keep tabs onthis issue, please inform the Free Press at WAfreepress@gmail.com or[WAfreepress@gmail.com] . --Doug Collins



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