Sadly, the unneeded, ineffective, harmful, anti-family Gardasil bill AB 659 passed the Democrat-controlled California State Assembly Wednesday, May 31, shortly after 11 a.m.
- Two Republicans spoke against it: Joe Patterson and Devon Mathis
- 51 Democrats voted yes
- 10 Democrats abstained: David Alvarez, Sabrina Cervantes, Evan Low, Tina McKinnor, Blanca Pacheco, Sharon Quirk-Silva, James Ramos, Esmeralda Soria, Avelino Valencia, Akilah Weber (later in the day when vote changes were permitted, Alaverez, Cervantes, Low, McKinnor, Ramos, Soria, and Valencia changed their votes to “yes”)
- 1 Republican voted yes: Greg Wallis
- 5 Republicans abstained: Phillip Chen, Laurie Davies, Diane Dixon, James Gallagher, Tom Lackey (later in the day, when vote changes were permitted, Chen and Gallagher changed their votes to “no”)
ALL 18 Republicans should have stood and spoke against this dangerous bill, which if signed into law, will injure many children and young adults. Sadly, the foolish and deceptive “deal” of early April between the AB 659’s author and the “Freedom Angels” to replace the official “mandate” with unofficial dishonesty, coercion, and threats was the key to pass this devilish bill in committee and advance it to the floor.
THANK YOU to all who called and who steadfastly fought against this lie-based bill this winter and spring. Sadly, Big Pharma, Big Medicine, and Big Lies were stronger.
Thanks also to the two Republicans who stood and spoke against the deceptive AB 659: Joe Patterson of Rocklin and Devon Mathis of Visalia.
To be clear, the amended AB 659 does not legally require anyone to bare their arm for a series of Gardasil shots. Yet AB 659 requires parents of every 6th grader in both “public” and private schools (including church schools) to be told:
“It is the public policy of the state that pupils are expected to be fully immunized against human papillomavirus (HPV) before admission or advancement to the 8th eighth grade level of any private or public elementary or secondary school.”
Unfortunately, this means millions of California parents (and hundreds of thousands of collegians, who AB 659 also threatens with Gardasil shots) will falsely think they must be injected or else they can’t go to school or college.
Because the Democrat-controlled State Senate is all the more likely to pass the tyrannical, deceiving AB 659, call and email Governor Gavin Newsom to urge him to veto this misleading bill: 916-445-2841 gov.ca.gov/contact
… he was talked into a flu vaccination. October 13th, Zach returned for a follow up and was talked into accepting the Gardasil and meningococcal vaccines. It was shortly after this that the first phase of his health decline began … I have watched my only child age decades within the span of less than 2 years. It has taken a year and a half later for him to finally find a group of doctors who believe he is Gardasil injured, but they do not know how to treat him.
“Gardasil: Sharing the Carnage with Boys,” VaccineImpact.com, June 29, 2016
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