I want vaccinations to be a presidential issue. I've wanted to know where Sen. Obama & Sen. McCain stand on Vaccination Choice. I want the next president of our country to make vaccine safety a priority. I know I'm not alone on this issue.
On September 8th, we tried to speak to Obama when we rallied in Middletown, New Jersey with Louise Kuo Habakus just a few doors down from a democratic fundraiser. Claudine Liss who attended fundraiser gave a packet of information to Sen. Obama and asked him his stance on Vaccination choice. His response was the neg. "I am not in favor of selective vaccination. I believe that it will bring back deadly diseases, like Polio". The same packet of information has been provided to McCain/Palin. On September 15th, an Allison Chapman, a mother of a child with autism (like me), hand-delivered more information to Obama about vaccines. We, as citizens of the United States, deserve to know where our future presidents/VPs stand on this important issue/human right Vaccination Choice.
Autistic Living sponsored the Tell Me Where You Stand initiative. And still, we waited. Darn it but as citizens WE DESERVE TO KNOW!
TACA's Rebecca Estepp at Age of Autism says her party affiliation is autism/vaccine safety. Yes! She has made it a mission to seek answers on where the candidates stand on this important and serious issue.
And we now have an answer:
- McCain willing to step up to the plate and address the safety of vaccines and respecting parental choice.
- Obama - no real mention of Autism coupled with his statement to Liss that was anti-choice.
Read the whole story here: McCain Addresses Vaccine Safety, Obama Silent
5 comments:
And yet another reason I am voting for McCain!!! Thank you for sharing this.
I read on some organization site the other day (autism related), wish I could remember and they had a list of ten questions sent to both and only John McCain responded.
I am not sure who the names are mentioned, must be NJ type officials. This is the first time in a long while your blog loaded right away for me, did anything change? I used link from NJ Moms Blog
Thank you for following up on this. I'm encouraged by McCain's willingness to address this directly during the campaign - gives me hope that it is an issue he will take seriously if elected.
This is a great post, but yeah, I fear what may happen if Barack is elected.
I agree we should test kids for genetic markers for autism and not give those kids the Vaccs that can bring out the Autism!! Go McCain
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