ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTION AND ETHICS COMMITTEE TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON BILLS PROHIBITING VACCINE DISCRIMINATION
By Matt Sande, Pro-Life Wisconsin Legislative Director
The Assembly Committee on Constitution and Ethics will hold a public hearing on Assembly Bill(s) 299, 303, 309, 316, and 347 this Wednesday, June 2, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 417 North (GAR Hall) of the State Capitol.
Pro-Life Wisconsin SUPPORTS:
Assembly Bill (AB) 299, legislation prohibiting proof of vaccination for COVID-19 as a condition of receiving business and government services;
Assembly Bill (AB) 303, legislation prohibiting businesses from discriminating against customers due to their vaccination record;
Assembly Bill (AB) 309, legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of vaccination status;
Assembly Bill (AB) 316, legislation prohibiting the government from discriminating against any person based on whether the person has received a vaccine against COVID-19;
Assembly Bill (AB) 347, legislation prohibiting University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges from requiring students or prospective students to be tested for, or vaccinated against, COVID-19.
Some of the bills apply generally to all vaccines and all epidemics, and some only to those associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus. We prefer the former. For example, AB 309 provides the most comprehensive protection against vaccine discrimination. But the remaining four bills are a good step in the right direction and will set a good precedent. Accordingly, we support passage of all five bills.
The Personhood Alliance/Pro-Life Wisconsin vaccine ethics position 1) opposes the production and testing of vaccines using the remains of aborted human beings, and 2) opposes forced or coerced vaccination.
Assembly Bill(s) 299, 303, 309, 316, and 347 reinforce our vaccine ethics position. For the many Wisconsinites who earnestly avoid any entanglement in the abortion industry, discriminating against them for refusing 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 discriminatory coercion of their use.
And whether a vaccine is ethically produced and tested, it is unethical, and highly offensive, for the state, a business, or any entity to discriminate against individuals who may strongly resist it for a variety of health, conscience, religious, or personal reasons. Vaccines can kill or severely harm people with auto-immune disorders, who may not even know they have such disorders. The fact that vaccine injury and death is an acknowledged medical reality demands that a person’s choice to avoid the health risks for himself/herself be respected.
We are entering a time of unprecedented coercion. COVID-19 testing is already required for international travel. Will COVID-19 vaccination soon be required to engage in daily activities of American life? Privileges for the vaccinated; punishments for the non-vaccinated?Coercion severely undermines the public trust and tramples on our cherished rights, including our First Amendment right to freely exercise our religious beliefs, our Fourteenth Amendment guarantees of liberty, equal protection, and due process of law, and our Article 1, Section 18 Wisconsin constitutional guarantee of liberty of conscience. These bills protect our right to make our own health decisions, our right to follow our conscience, and our right to freely exchange in commerce.
ACT NOW!
With your help, Pro-Life Wisconsin will fight for passage of AB 299, AB 303, AB 309, AB 316, and AB 347. Again, the Assembly Constitution & Ethics Committee will hold a public hearing on all five bills this Wednesday, June 2, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 417 North (GAR Hall) of the State Capitol. Matt Sande, Pro-Life Wisconsin Legislative Director, will testify in favor of all five bills.
Please ATTEND the public hearing and testify or register in favor of AB 299, AB 303, AB 309, AB 316, & AB 347.
If you are unable to attend the public hearing, please CALL or EMAIL your state representative TODAY and urge him/her to “Support AB 299, AB 303, AB 309, AB 316, & AB 347.” Tell them, “Vaccine discrimination is immoral, unconstitutional, and un-American!”
Don’t know your state representative? 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 make your pro-life voices heard in the Wisconsin Assembly!