To: The New Jersey State Senate and Governor Phil Murphy
Preserve the NJ Religious Exemption
We demand our right to religious freedom and to have religious exemptions to vaccination for our children without any limitations imposed by our legislature.
Why is this important?
The NJ Religious Exemption to Vaccination is in danger.
Currently, parents can opt their children out of vaccines due to religion without being forced to reveal private information such as their religious affiliation. A new bill S1759, sponsored by Senators Loretta Weinberg and Joseph Vitale, is highly intrusive, expensive, and appears unconstitutional.
If S1759 is signed into law, it will require parents seeking a religious exemption to:
* specify their exact religious tenets in notarized, signed, and sworn format
* include an explanation of the nature of the religious tenet or practice that is implicated by the "vaccination"
* explain how administration of "the vaccine" would violate, contradict, or otherwise be inconsistent with that tenet or practice
* affirm that the religious tenet is consistently held
* obtain a signed statement from a physician or advanced practice nurse licensed in New Jersey proving that parents received vaccine counseling, thus requiring medical advice for a decision that should be made on religious grounds.
This bill is redundant and wasteful. Doctors are already required to discuss the risks and benefits of vaccination with parents.
The religious exemption to mandatory vaccination is a cherished religious and parental right. Please oppose S1759 by signing this petition.
Currently, parents can opt their children out of vaccines due to religion without being forced to reveal private information such as their religious affiliation. A new bill S1759, sponsored by Senators Loretta Weinberg and Joseph Vitale, is highly intrusive, expensive, and appears unconstitutional.
If S1759 is signed into law, it will require parents seeking a religious exemption to:
* specify their exact religious tenets in notarized, signed, and sworn format
* include an explanation of the nature of the religious tenet or practice that is implicated by the "vaccination"
* explain how administration of "the vaccine" would violate, contradict, or otherwise be inconsistent with that tenet or practice
* affirm that the religious tenet is consistently held
* obtain a signed statement from a physician or advanced practice nurse licensed in New Jersey proving that parents received vaccine counseling, thus requiring medical advice for a decision that should be made on religious grounds.
This bill is redundant and wasteful. Doctors are already required to discuss the risks and benefits of vaccination with parents.
The religious exemption to mandatory vaccination is a cherished religious and parental right. Please oppose S1759 by signing this petition.