March 2003

Parent coalition against vaccination petitions Congress

Americans for Vaccine Safety and Accountability, a coalition of parents and healthcare professionals concerned about vaccine safety, vaccine injury compensation and informed-consent issues which includes the World Chiropractic Alliance, is calling on Congress to “do the right thing” and separate out reform of the child Vaccine Injury Compensation Program from bioterrorism legislation. The coalition, headed by the National Vaccine Information Center, opposes the inclusion of VICP reform in Senate Bill 15, which targets funding for development of new bioterrorism vaccines and compensation for healthcare workers injured by smallpox vaccine.

“Compensation for vaccine-injured children has nothing to do with bioterrorism. We need to take the time to create a workable long-term solution to a problem that is not going to go away any time soon,” said Barbara Loe Fisher, NVIC co-rounder and president.

Parents of vaccine-injured children protested when the Homeland Security Act passed last fall included a rider protecting drug companies from liability for vaccine injuries, particularly those companies making additives for vaccines. The additive thimerosal, a mercury preservative, has been alleged to have caused autism in some children.

Source: PR Newswire

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