What is NJCVC?Conscientious Belief ExemptionWant Your Voice Heard?Want to do some Research?Help Spread the WordMedia SectionWe encourage the media to raise awareness of vaccines and our Coalition's objectives. Please feel free to contact us for additional information and to request interviews with our members. Thank you for your time and interest! Email inquiries here: mediacontact@njvaccinationchoice.org For Immediate ReleaseContact: Louise Kuo Habakus Parents Must Consider Important Vaccination Options for Their ChildrenNJ Coalition for Vaccination Choice Announces an Informative Series of Informed Consent Seminars Middletown, NJ; August 15, 2008: Parents in New Jersey have important vaccination choices to make for their children and should be fully informed of all benefits and risks. According to Dr. Lawrence Rosen, a board-certified pediatrician and Chief of Pediatric Integrative Medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center, “There are risks associated with all medical practices, including vaccines, so it is important for parents, along with their doctors, to evaluate an individual child’s medical history and health, including genetic predispositions and allergies, to determine what is appropriate. Informed consent is a key ethical principle in medical practice.” To help educate New Jersey parents on the choices available to them, the NJ Coalition for Vaccination Choice (NJCVC) will be hosting an informative, interactive lecture series, beginning with: “A Vaccination Seminar: What Choices Do Parents Have?” for residents statewide. Louise Kuo Habakus, a board-certified health practitioner, NJCVC member, and Middletown parent, will host the lectures and provide parents with important information to help them make informed vaccination decisions. “When a product’s side effects include Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), encephalitis, seizures, paralysis, arthritis, diabetes, asthma, multiple sclerosis, and anaphylactic shock, parents need to fully understand the risks and benefits of the product – in this case, a vaccine – before making a critical choice for their children. Vaccination is one of the most significant health decisions that parents make on behalf of their children,” Habakus states. Her seminar agenda addresses vaccination safety and efficacy, adverse reactions, proposed benefits, and state exemptions available to parents. Habakus also provides a detailed overview on the Merck’s new Gardasil HPV vaccine for girls, as well as the newly mandated vaccines for preschoolers and babies, including the flu shot. Over the past year, Habakus has been presenting to packed audiences of parents throughout New Jersey and New York. Nancy G., a Registered Nurse, mother to four young children and a recent participant, urges parents to attend: “Mrs. Habakus is educated and well-informed. She supports her materials with solid facts. This vaccine lecture should be included in your hospital packet, at the birth of each and every child!” Like many parents, Habakus has been frustrated by the misinformation that characterizes the mainstream debate on vaccination and the lack of credible and unbiased resources available to parents attempting to make informed vaccine decisions for their children. Says Habakus, “Parents are feeling increasing pressure from pediatricians to make quick, uneducated vaccine decisions, while state public health officials are continuing to mandate more and more vaccines.” As of September 2008, New Jersey’s children are required to receive a grand total of 36 doses of 13 diseases by age 11, with many more in the pipeline. In fact, New Jersey has the most aggressive vaccine schedule in the nation. New Jersey parents are permitted by law to utilize religious and medical exemptions. Habakus tells parents, “Making an active, informed decision begins with an open mind about the facts and mutual respect that these are difficult choices.” Habakus delivers a lively two-hour presentation designed to educate parents on current research and motivate them to do their own homework before making one of the most significant health care decisions in their children’s lives. She collaborates with local, statewide and national parent organizations including the NJ Coalition for Vaccination Choice, the National Vaccine Information Center, and the Coalition for Informed Choice, and presents published studies and documents directly from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and vaccine manufacturers. As part of her efforts to educate parents, Habakus is also spotlighting vaccination safety films produced by visionary filmmakers who understand and are concerned about this important public health issue. Her first selection is Vaccine Nation, executive produced by Gary Null PhD and produced by Manette Loudon. Habakus tells parents to do their homework first before scheduling their child’s next well visit. Informed consent is essential when considering vaccination. Habakus’ seminars are open to the public and the press. Louise Kuo Habakus is a board-certified health practitioner who writes and lectures about vaccination. She is working to prevent vaccine injuries and deaths through public education by empowering people to make informed, voluntary vaccination decisions for themselves and their children. Louise received her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Stanford University and was formerly a managing director for Putnam Investments in Boston, Massachusetts. Louise resides in Middletown, NJ with her husband and two children. The New Jersey Coalition for Vaccination Choice (NJCVC), njvaccinationchoice.org is a large network of parents, physicians, holistic organizations and autism support groups, concerned about the increasing number of mandated vaccinations and is educating parents on the need for informed choice. NJCVC is urging legislators to support the Conscientious Exemption to Vaccination bill A260/S1071, while informing parents of their rights to the religious and medical exemptions. If you are interested in attending one of Mrs. Habakus’ talks, sponsoring a seminar or film in your community or being included on her distribution list, please send your name and hometown to her at vaxRSVP@verizon.net. Upcoming New Jersey seminars in 2008 are scheduled for August 27th in Little Falls, September 4th in Long Hill, September 10th in East Windsor and October 1st in Highlands. ### For Immediate ReleaseContact: Louise Kuo Habakus Parents Must Consider Important Vaccination Options for Their ChildrenNJ Coalition for Vaccination Choice Announces an Informative Series of Informed Consent Seminars Middletown, NJ; August 15, 2008: Parents in New Jersey have important vaccination choices to make for their children and should be fully informed of all benefits and risks. According to Dr. Lawrence Rosen, a board-certified pediatrician and Chief of Pediatric Integrative Medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center, “There are risks associated with all medical practices, including vaccines, so it is important for parents, along with their doctors, to evaluate an individual child’s medical history and health, including genetic predispositions and allergies, to determine what is appropriate. Informed consent is a key ethical principle in medical practice.” To help educate New Jersey parents on the choices available to them, the NJ Coalition for Vaccination Choice (NJCVC) will be hosting an informative, interactive lecture series, beginning with: “A Vaccination Seminar: What Choices Do Parents Have?” for residents statewide. Louise Kuo Habakus, a board-certified health practitioner, NJCVC member, and Middletown parent, will host the lectures and provide parents with important information to help them make informed vaccination decisions. “When a product’s side effects include Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), encephalitis, seizures, paralysis, arthritis, diabetes, asthma, multiple sclerosis, and anaphylactic shock, parents need to fully understand the risks and benefits of the product – in this case, a vaccine – before making a critical choice for their children. Vaccination is one of the most significant health decisions that parents make on behalf of their children,” Habakus states. Her seminar agenda addresses vaccination safety and efficacy, adverse reactions, proposed benefits, and state exemptions available to parents. Habakus also provides a detailed overview on the Merck’s new Gardasil HPV vaccine for girls, as well as the newly mandated vaccines for preschoolers and babies, including the flu shot. Over the past year, Habakus has been presenting to packed audiences of parents throughout New Jersey and New York. Nancy Gualario, a Registered Nurse, mother to four young children and a recent participant, urges parents to attend: “Mrs. Habakus is educated and well-informed. She supports her materials with solid facts. This vaccine lecture should be included in your hospital packet, at the birth of each and every child!” Like many parents, Habakus has been frustrated by the misinformation that characterizes the mainstream debate on vaccination and the lack of credible and unbiased resources available to parents attempting to make informed vaccine decisions for their children. Says Habakus, “Parents are feeling increasing pressure from pediatricians to make quick, uneducated vaccine decisions, while state public health officials are continuing to mandate more and more vaccines.” As of September 2008, New Jersey’s children are required to receive a grand total of 36 doses of 13 diseases by age 11, with many more in the pipeline. In fact, New Jersey has the most aggressive vaccine schedule in the nation. New Jersey parents are permitted by law to utilize religious and medical exemptions. Habakus tells parents, “Making an active, informed decision begins with an open mind about the facts and mutual respect that these are difficult choices.” Habakus delivers a lively two-hour presentation designed to educate parents on current research and motivate them to do their own homework before making one of the most significant health care decisions in their children’s lives. She collaborates with local, statewide and national parent organizations including the NJ Coalition for Vaccination Choice, the National Vaccine Information Center, and the Coalition for Informed Choice, and presents published studies and documents directly from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and vaccine manufacturers. As part of her efforts to educate parents, Habakus is also spotlighting vaccination safety films produced by visionary filmmakers who understand and are concerned about this important public health issue. Her first selection is Vaccine Nation, executive produced by Gary Null PhD and produced by Manette Loudon. Habakus tells parents to do their homework first before scheduling their child’s next well visit. Informed consent is essential when considering vaccination. Habakus’ seminars are open to the public and the press. Louise Kuo Habakus is a board-certified health practitioner who writes and lectures about vaccination. She is working to prevent vaccine injuries and deaths through public education by empowering people to make informed, voluntary vaccination decisions for themselves and their children. Louise received her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Stanford University and was formerly a managing director for Putnam Investments in Boston, Massachusetts. Louise resides in Middletown, NJ with her husband and two children. The New Jersey Coalition for Vaccination Choice (NJCVC) is a large network of parents, physicians, holistic organizations and autism support groups, concerned about the increasing number of mandated vaccinations and is educating parents on the need for informed choice. NJCVC is urging legislators to support the Conscientious Exemption to Vaccination bill A260/S1071, while informing parents of their rights to the religious and medical exemptions. If you are interested in attending one of Mrs. Habakus’ talks, sponsoring a seminar or film in your community or being included on her distribution list, please send your name and hometown to her at vaxRSVP@verizon.net. Upcoming New Jersey seminars in 2008 are scheduled for August 27th in Little Falls, September 4th in Long Hill, September 10th in East Windsor and October 1st in Highlands. ### For Immediate ReleaseContact: info@njvaccinationchoice.org NJ Coalition for Vaccination Choice Supports Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey’s Green Our Vaccines RallyThousands Head to Capitol Hill to Raise Awareness of the Toxic Ingredients in Vaccines and “Too Many, Too Soon” West Caldwell, NJ, June 2, 2008: New Jersey Coalition for Vaccination Choice (NJCVC), a large network of parents, physicians, holistic organizations and autism support groups, believes parents’ deserve the right to informed vaccination choice for their children and has been working with NJ legislators to pass the Conscientious Exemption to Mandatory Vaccinations bill A260/S1071. Leading NJCVC members will be marching with Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey, as well as thousands of parents and physicians, on Wednesday, June 4, to support the national historic rally on Capitol Hill: Green Our Vaccines: Too Many Too Soon. Since 1983, there has been a 260% increase in childhood vaccine mandates. NJCVC strongly opposes this disturbing trend: “Parents deserve the right to informed consent and should not be forced to comply with a one-size-fits-all vaccine policy that doesn’t acknowledge the unique nature of each child,” says Mary DeBonis Soccio a West Caldwell parent and one of the NJCVC leading members. Dr. Lawrence Rosen, a board certified pediatrician and Chief of Pediatric Integrative Medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center notes, “There are risks associated with ALL medical practices, including vaccines, so it is important for parents, and their doctors, to evaluate an individual child’s medical history and health, including genetic predispositions and allergies, to determine what is appropriate. Informed consent is a key ethical principle in medical practice.” Representatives from NJCVC will join actors Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy as well as thousands of parents of vaccine-injured children from across America on June 4th in Washington, D.C. for the Green Our Vaccines, Too Many, Too Soon, March and Rally. The rally will express the concerns of thousands of parents of autistic children who believe their children's autism was vaccine-induced. Jenny McCarthy joins these parents with the same conclusions about her son Evan, because he made a remarkable recovery from vaccine-induced autism through biomedical intervention therapies. Rally participants will meet at the Washington Monument for a news conference featuring Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey, physicians, and scientists; then, begin the historic march on Capitol Hill. At the conclusion of the march, thousands of parents will be visiting their Congressional Representatives to ask for their support for national legislation already introduced that would remove toxins from vaccines and reassess the current vaccine schedule. Thousands of parents believe their child's regression into autism was triggered, or caused, by over-vaccination with toxic ingredients found in vaccines, such as mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde, and antifreeze, as well as live viruses. The CDC and AAP dispute this, but independent research and the fist hand accounts of parents tells a different story. Additionally, autistic children around the country have seen dramatic recoveries from vaccine injury and autism when they undergo biomedical intervention therapies. "We think our health authorities don't want to open this can of worms, so they don't even look or listen to compelling evidence. While there is a strong debate on this topic, many parents of recovered children will tell you they didn't treat their child for autism, they treated them for vaccine injury", says Jenny McCarthy. "If we are going to solve this problem and finally start to reverse the rate of autism, we need to consider changing the vaccine schedule, reducing the number of shots given and removing certain ingredients that could be toxic to some children," says Carrey. This historic event is sponsored by Talk About Curing Autism, Generation Rescue, HEAL-Healing Every Autistic Life and Moms Against Mercury. For further details and updates on NJCVC and the upcoming rally, please visit: www.njvaccinationchoice.org. #### For Immediate ReleaseContact: (insert name, email address/phone number) NJ Parent Organization Urges Legislation for Informed Vaccination ChoiceGrowing Number of State Legislators Sponsor Conscientious Exemption Bill (insert local town for local newspapers), Caldwell, NJ, (insert date), 2008: New Jersey’s Public Health Council, a voluntary seven member panel appointed by the governor, recently voted to mandate four new vaccines to the childhood vaccination schedule. Mandating more vaccines than any other state, NJ will now require children to receive 35 doses of 13 different vaccines. New Jersey Coalition for Vaccination Choice (NJCVC), an emerging network of parents, physicians, holistic organizations and autism support groups, is concerned with the overwhelming number of mandated vaccinations, and is urging legislators to support the Conscientious Exemption to Mandatory Vaccinations bill A260/S1071, as well as repeal the new vaccine mandates. Twenty other states currently have a similar Conscientious vaccine exemption. Since 1983, there has been a 260% increase in vaccine mandates for NJ children. NJCVC and other organizations are voicing opposition to the disturbing trend. “Parents, along with their physicians, should have the right to make educated health decisions regarding vaccinations for their children, just as we do with any medical procedure,” says (insert “local” parent name for local newspapers), a (insert town) resident, concerned parent and member of NJCVC. “We should not be forced to comply with a one-size-fits-all vaccine policy that doesn’t allow for the unique nature of each child.” Dr. Lawrence Rosen, a board certified pediatrician notes, “There are risks associated with all medical practices, including vaccines, so it is important for parents, along with their doctors, to evaluate an individual child’s medical history and health, including genetic predispositions and allergies, to determine what is appropriate. Informed consent is a key ethical principle in medical practice.” According to package inserts created by vaccine manufacturers, vaccine side effects include Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDs), encephalitis, seizures, paralysis, arthritis, diabetes, asthma, multiple sclerosis, and anaphylactic shock. If the new mandates take effect in September, NJ will become the first state to mandate Flu vaccines for preschool/daycare aged children and Meningococcal vaccines for sixth-graders, setting a nationwide precedent. The new mandates require the Flu vaccine be administered annually for children 6 to 59 months; one Pneumococcal (Prevnar) series (three doses) for ages 2 to 59 months; and Meningococcal and DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis) boosters will be required for six graders. Of greatest concern to parents and physicians are New Jersey’s soaring autism rates: 1 in 60 boys; 1 in 94 children. Recently, the first of 4,900 autism cases in Federal “Vaccine Court” involving an Atlanta child, was conceded by US Assistant Attorney General Peter Keisler, on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, confirming a causal link between vaccines and neurological disorders, like autism. “The fundamental issue we are addressing is allowing parents the rights to make educated health decisions for our own children; this is not a debate over vaccines themselves,” says (insert a second parent’s name), a xx resident and NJCVC member. Currently parents may claim a religious or medical exemption, but these exemptions may be difficult to obtain. To date, eighteen NJ Assembly people and four Senators have signed on as sponsors of NJ’s Conscientious Exemption to Vaccination bill. (Insert names), our district senator/assemblyman is/is not a co-sponsor; we (thank them for co-sponsoring or call upon them to co-sponsor) this important bill. For further details and updates on the Conscientious Exemption to Vaccination and NJCVC, please visit: www.njvaccinationchoice.org. ####
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