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RFK Jr. lobbies over Oregon vaccine bill
Robert F. Kennedy will also screen a documentary called Trace Amounts By Tim Becker and KOIN 6 News Staff March 5, 2015 SALEM, Ore. (KOIN 6) — As Oregon legislators debate whether to eliminate non-medical exemptions for vaccinations, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Oregon lawmakers: Reject vaccine bill
Statesman Journal Saerom Yoo March 5, 2015 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made it clear from the beginning. He's pro-vaccine. All of his six children have been vaccinated, and so has he, he says. Yet the longtime environmental activist Thursday stood before a small crowd of...
Who cried wolf in Oregon?
Guest Columnist Medium.com March 4, 2015 If you haven’t yet heard of Senate Bill 442–3 here in Oregon, you probably will very soon. The bill, sponsored by State Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, is sitting in the Oregon Legislature’s Senate Committee on Health Care...
Our Opinion: Vaccination issue begs for open debate
Woodburn Independent March 3, 2015 Last Friday, Gov. Kate Brown said that Oregon needs to have “a broader discussion” about the death penalty and criminal justice system. We also feel the same approach needs to be taken with the issue of vaccinations in Oregon. Seven...
Oregon Health Policy Board Wants To Stop Personal Belief Vaccination Exemptions
OPB March 3, 2015 The Oregon Health Policy board met Tuesday to try to reduce the state’s vaccination exemption rate, which is the highest in the nation. Over the last decade, Oregon’s vaccine exemption rate for kindergartners has risen to seven percent. In some...
Coalition of over 2,000 Oregonians forms to stop Senate Bill
For Immediate Release March 3, 2015 For More Information: Rebecca Tweed (503) 860.6033 PORTLAND, Ore—Last week, a large grassroots effort came together to form a coalition in opposition of Senate Bill 442-3, the controversial legislation regarding Oregon’s vaccination...