What You Need to Know About The Proposed  
Model State Emergency Health Powers Act in Your State

The terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001, and the subsequent threats of biological warfare against U.S. citizens have prompted calls by public health officials to prepare for mass vaccination campaigns for anthrax and smallpox. National vaccination programs targeting civilians, including children, are being proposed in model state legislation that would give public health officials the power to use the state militia to enforce vaccination during state-declared health emergencies. While it is critical for the U.S. to have a sound, workable plan to respond to an act of bioterrorism, as well as enough safe and effective vaccines stockpiled for every American who wants to use them, there are legitimate concerns about a plan which forces citizens to use vaccines without their voluntary, informed consent. 

In this time of great sadness, fear and confusion, Americans have a choice to make; either we defend the individual freedoms our forefathers fought and died to give us, or we sacrifice those freedoms and let the terrorists win. What we choose to do will define who we are as a nation for many years to come. 

  When federal and state public health officials convince your Governor to declare a “public health” emergency, they want to be able to use the “state militia” to:

• take control of all roads leading into and out of your cities and state;
  

• seize your house, car, telephones, computers, food, fuel, clothing, firearms and alcoholic beverages for their own use (and not be held liable if these actions result in the destruction of your personal property); 
  

• arrest, imprison and forcibly examine, vaccinate and medicate you and your children without your consent (and not be held liable if these actions result in your death or injury).

What YOU Can Do:  

  The most important action you can take is to give this information to as many people as you can and let your individual voice be heard.  Let people know where you stand:  

• Call and write your federal and state legislators and President and Mrs. Bush; 
   http://congress.nw.dc.us/c-span/search.html 
   
• Write to Attorney General John Ashcroft and Health Secretary Tommy Thompson;

Correspondence to the Attorney General, may be sent to:

U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
AskDOJ@usdoj.gov.

Correspondence to Secretary Thompson, may be sent to:

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
(202) 619-0257
Toll Free: 1-877-696-6775
HHS.Mail@hhs.gov

• Contact your local newspaper, radio and television stations and give them a copy of this report; 
  

• Talk to as many people as you can in your community, especially your community leaders.
  

• Sign up for NVIC’s free Vaccine E-News  so you can keep up-to-date on the latest news in the development of vaccines and forced vaccination laws. 

To learn more about this law that is racing through state legislatures:  

Map of states where the law has been introduced:

http://www.alec.org/viewpage.cfm?pgname=5.103  

To view a copy of the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act:

http://www.publichealthlaw.net    

To view the actual bills: www.vaccinationnews.com

The American Legislative Exchange Council, is tracking the state activities of the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act. To view the details of each bill please visit the ALEC website, www.alec.org,  Here are the results of their most recent analysis: 

States that have passed legislation: Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont.