NY religious exemption bill going to vote soon

[gardenmom]

I've been notified by a friend that the NY bill that will stop school boards from interrogating parents who file a religious exemption will be going to the floor for a vote soon. It is NY Assembly bill A00883. The full text is here:
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A00883

You can email Richard Gottfried (the health committee chair) to assert your support of this bill to help it along:
http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=075

If you support the bill, I also urge you to send email to your NY assembly rep to encourage them to vote for it, to stop the harassment of parents who object to vaccination based on their religious beliefs in NY.

The medical bill, A880 may also come to vote soon, so you may want to add your support for that as well: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A00880

Baby steps...

[naupakamama]

Thanks for posting. Is so hope this passes. I wrote an email to Gottfried. What is the easiest way to find our assembly rep?

[Juvysen]

[gardenmom]

Originally Posted by naupakamama

Thanks for posting. Is so hope this passes. I wrote an email to Gottfried. What is the easiest way to find our assembly rep?

Here is the members page:
http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/

There's a zip code search at the right if you don't see a name you recognize. There may be more than one rep per zip code because the districts are often quite convoluted. If you get more than one Assembly rep as results for your zip code, each rep has a map link on their own page and you should be able to figure out which is yours by looking at the maps.

[gardenmom]

MUST SEE this related video of a NY school district lawyer grilling parents on their religious exemption letter and beliefs. Please watch this and all of the additional related videos (it says there are 5, though I have only watched the first so far, and am in total disbelief):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eui8EWKJf2s

[gardenmom]