DC Bill #GivingTuesday Update

Over the last few weeks, we have been tracking a bill in DC that would not only permit 11-year-olds to give legal consent for a vaccination against their parents’ wishes, but also prevent medical professionals, school officials, and even your insurance from telling the parents about it—even after the fact.

Parents in the District will still be responsible for their child’s health and well-being, but without even the basic knowledge of what vaccinations their child has or has not received.

Yet, despite our phone calls and emails expressing concern, the bill passed the DC Council by a vote of 10 to 3 on November 20, and it’s headed to the mayor’s office.

As we explained earlier, the bill can be signed or vetoed by the mayor—she has 10 days to decide—and then it goes to Congress for a 30-day legislative review period, during which Congress can veto the bill by passing a resolution against it.

And we are already working with members in both the House and Senate to get such a resolution introduced and passed in those 30 legislative days.

Because, as you know, [FNAME], if this bill is allowed to stand in DC, it’s only a matter of time before it will be duplicated in your state, too.

And it will directly threaten your ability to make wise and informed health-care decisions for your children, whom you love with all your heart.

How can you keep them safe when you don’t even know what has been done to them?

That’s why ParentalRights.org is continuing our efforts to stop this troubling bill and others like it that will come up in the 2021 legislative session, starting in January.

To combat these threats, we are aiming to raise $90,000 this #GivingTuesday, which is today, December 1.