ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTION & ETHICS COMMITTEE TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON BILLS PROHIBITING COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES AND CHURCH CLOSURES
By Matt Sande, Pro-Life Wisconsin Legislative Director
The Assembly Committee on Constitution and Ethics will hold a public hearing on Assembly Bill 23, Assembly Bill 24, and Assembly Bill 25 this Wednesday, March 3, at 10:00 a.m. in the North Hearing Room (2nd Floor North) of the State Capitol. The three bills are authored by Representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac) and Senator AndréJacque (R-De Pere).
Pro-Life Wisconsin strongly SUPPORTS:
Assembly Bill (AB) 23, legislation prohibiting the state Department of Health Services (DHS) and local public health officers from requiring individuals to receive vaccination against the 2019 novel coronavirus;
Assembly Bill (AB) 24, legislation prohibiting local health officers from closing or forbidding gatherings in places of worship to control outbreaks and epidemics of the 2019 novel coronavirus; and
Assembly Bill (AB) 25, legislation prohibiting employers from requiring employees or prospective employees to receive vaccination against the 2019 novel coronavirus.
While our preference is to have these three bills apply generally to all vaccines and all epidemics, not just those associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus, the legislation is a good step in the right direction and will set a good precedent.
The Personhood Alliance/Pro-Life Wisconsin vaccine ethics position 1) opposes, and deems morally unacceptable, the production and testing of vaccines using the remains of aborted human beings, and 2) affirms the rights of all people to refuse medical treatment and to reject violations of their and their family members’ bodily integrity, moral conscience, and Constitutional protections through forced or coerced vaccines.
Assembly Bill(s) 23 and 25 specifically reinforce our vaccine ethics position. For the many Wisconsinites who earnestly avoid any entanglement in the abortion industry, forcing them to receive a vaccine produced from or tested using aborted fetal cells is repugnant – a total violation of conscience. Many pro-life Wisconsinites reject the use of the Pfizer, Moderna, and Janssen/Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines and would vehemently oppose any state or employer mandate of their use on the public. Whether or not a vaccine is ethically produced and tested, it is unethical, and highly offensive, for the state, an employer, or anyone to force it on an individual who may strongly resist it for a variety of health, conscience, religious, or personal reasons. It is a direct, physical assault on that person’s bodily integrity.
Assembly Bill 24 recognizes that pro-life Wisconsinites are engaged in a spiritual war against the culture of death, exemplified most horribly by the twin evils of abortion and assisted suicide that kill both the young and old with impunity. Our members fortify themselves in this epic battle by faithfully attending their communal places of worship and living sacramental lives. When they are cut off from this spiritual sustenance, it is difficult to be effective in their missionary work. Uninhibited access to our grocery stores is no more important than unrestricted access to our churches. Assembly Bill 24 upholds our unqualified First Amendment rights to freely exercise our religious beliefs and freely assemble.
ACT NOW!
With your help, Pro-Life Wisconsin will fight for passage of AB 23, AB 24, and AB 25. Again, the Assembly Constitution & Ethics Committee will hold a public hearing on all three bills this Wednesday, March 3, at 10:00 a.m. in the North Hearing Room (2nd Floor North) of the State Capitol. Matt Sande, Pro-Life Wisconsin Legislative Director, will testify in favor of all three bills.
Please ATTEND the public hearing and testify or register in favor of AB 23, AB 24, & AB 25.
(NOTE: Social distancing guidelines may limit seating available in the North Hearing Room. Individuals who testify in-person may be asked to leave the room following their testimony, allowing other people to enter the room for testimony. Time limits may be imposed to allow all registrants an opportunity to testify. Additional public access may be provided through an overflow room and the State Capitol Rotunda. Members of the public may submit testimony and hearing slip information to the chairman at [email protected])
If you are unable to attend the public hearing, please CALL or EMAIL your state assemblyperson TODAY and urge him/her to "Support AB 23, AB 24, & AB 25." Tell them, "Vaccine coercion is immoral, unconstitutional, and un-American!" and "Don’t close our churches!"
Don’t know your state assemblyperson? Go to legis.wisconsin.gov and type in your home address under "Who Are My Legislators" or call the Legislative Hotline: 1-800-362-9472.
Thank you and God bless you. Please continue making your pro-life voices heard in the Wisconsin Assembly!