January 25, 2019
Vaccine Laws at Risk
CALL TO ACTION:
Call the Lt. Governor and Senate Education Committee Members TODAY
Ask them to vote NO on SB 2398 or SB 2255
Please tell them:
- A religious exemption will weaken Mississippi's strong vaccine laws.
- Mississippi physicians cannot support any effort that will put children at risk.
BACKGROUND
:
Senate Bill 2398
and
Senate Bill 2255
have been introduced in the Senate. Both bills would allow unvaccinated children to attend schools and day cares by exempting them from the state's vaccine laws based on their parents' religious objections. The bills have been referred to the Senate Education Committee, and they could clear the committee any time between now and the Feb. 5 deadline for committee passage.
This week, the MAFP signed on to
this joint letter
to leadership to show the medical community is against any changes in vaccine laws.
HOW TO CONTACT LT. GOV. REEVES
: (601) 359-3200
HOW TO CONTACT A LEGISLATOR:
Dial the Mississippi Legislative Switchboard at (601) 359-3770 or call your senator directly.
Senate Education Committee Members:
Sen. Gray Tollison, Chair, Oxford
Sen. Chris Caughman, Vice Chair, Mendenhall
Sen. Kevin Blackwell, Southaven
Sen. David Blount, Jackson
Sen. Terry Burton, Newton
Sen. Buck Clarke, Hollandale
Sen. Angela Hill, Picayune -- she is the author of SB 2255
Sen. Briggs Hopson, Vicksburg
Sen. Billy Hudson, Hattiesburg
Sen. David Jordan, Greenwood
Sen. Chris Massey, Nesbit
Sen. Solllie Norwood, Jackson
Sen. John Polk, Hattiesburg
Sen. Brice Wiggins, Pascagoula
Sen. JP Wilemon, Belmont
