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technology…                           just about human rights law. Divine law, natural   Many of these
          •   Because ethical issues in medicine can affect  law, and the laws of this land, the United States
              all of us, from individuals and families, to  of America, uphold fundamental freedoms and   bills are
              communities and all of mankind…       inalienable rights. These rights cannot be sur- attempting
          •   Because innovation cannot be invoked at the  rendered. They aren’t supposed to be voted on.   to legislate
              expense of our rights and freedoms…   They belong to you and to me.
          •   Because a person’s identity is comprised     But governments will try because that’s   away what’s
              of many significant, valuable dimensions,  what they do, as any student of history can tell  rightfully ours.
              including social, cultural, psychological, and  us. They overreach. They attempt to pass bills
              spiritual components…                 that sweep too broadly. Today, there are over
          •   Precisely because of all these magnificent  one hundred bills in thirty-four states seeking to
              things…                               increase vaccine mandates; expand state police
          •   Any preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic  powers; facilitate monitoring and enforcement;
              medical intervention is only to be carried out  and eliminate our right to choose.
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              with the prior, free and informed consent of     You may think these bills are about public
              the person concerned, based on adequate  health and children, but they’re not. Many of
              information. The consent should, where  these bills are attempting to legislate away what’s
              appropriate, be expressed and may be with-  rightfully ours. They’re a land grab and nothing
              drawn by the person concerned at any time  less than our bodies and our rights are at stake.
              and for any reason without disadvantage or     Vaccination is the exception that proves the
              prejudice. [Article 6 – Consent]      rule. It lays bare the reality that we do not have
                                                    health freedom in this country.
              In other words, when it comes to any medi-
          cal intervention, all human beings must have a  INTRODUCING
          choice. No one can do anything to you unless  HEALTH FREEDOM ACTION™
          you agree. You must be adequately informed.     We’re proud to introduce Health Freedom
          You can change your mind at any time for any  Action, a new 501(c)(4) organization for legisla-
          reason. And look carefully… there’s no special  tive advocacy, to advance the bills that uphold
          exception for vaccination.                our rights and to oppose the ones that aim to take
                                                    them away.
          FREEDOM AND TRANSPARENCY                      We must organize to assert our  rights.
              We have the right to know and understand  There’s one true currency in politics. When you
          what we’re putting into our bodies. This means:  see a large amount of money being spent, you can
                                                    be sure the politicians don’t have the support of
          •   independent scientific research;      the people. It’s time to expand our political cen-
          •   access to the providers, supplements and  ter of gravity to promote informed consent and
              treatment options of our choosing;    health freedom. We need scale, and consistent
          •   high certification standards; and,    and uniform messaging. And we must cross state
          •   truth-in-labeling.                    lines, coordinate across disciplines, and gather
                                                    our allies.
              We need to be health freedom fighters!     We have professional knowledge. We need
          Something has been happening over the past  professional infrastructure, including:
          thirty years. Health freedom has declined in lock-
          step with all these vaccine mandates. Mandatory  •   best practices;
          vaccination takes away your health freedom.  •   talking points, handouts, letters, flyers
                                                    •   legislative and legal analysis;
          WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE FREE?             •   media coordination and training;
              What is freedom? Our founding fathers  •   strategic communications;
          made clear that government should not come  •   speaker’s bureau; and,
          between man and his God and conscience. It’s not  •   political organizing.
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