Meeting Public Comments

Sandra McLaughlin

We are free citizens and every one of us deserves to have full disclosurefull information from which to make decisions about our own lives! Please advance HF 34.

emily lewis

SUPPORT HF34. I am the parent of a child that has a neurological injury caused by his 6 month vaccines. He is 9 years old now.I spend a lot of time in the school office waiting to pick up our son for therapy. While I was waiting one day, the school nurse flagged down another parent and told her that her child NEEDED to get "X" vaccine because it was required by law and they wouldn't be allowed to come to school without it. Being the parent of a vaccine injured child and knowing full well that Iowa allowed religious and medical exemptions, I could not keep my mouth shut. I interrupted them and told the mom that I had no idea of her stance on vaccines but that she could turn in an exemption per Iowa law if she wanted to. The nurse was upset and told me "i know what families vaccinate and those that dont". I told her she "had no way to read someone's mind and she had no idea if someone was questioning vaccines and maybe some of them felt pressured to vaccinate because NOBODY told them they could get an exemption!"I know thus happens daily because in all the local fb mom groups I always see parents saying "our school/daycare/doctors office told us we HAVE TO VACCINATE because its the law and theres no other option." These places are not presenting the FULL law when they are not making parents aware that Iowa allows exemptions and they should be reprimanded for pressuring parents into vaccinating their kids.PLEASE support this bill.

Shannon Kalsem

Please support HF 34. It is important that parents know all their options when it comes to making healthcare choices for their children.

Rebecca Wilson

Please advance HF 34 as many parents do not know that there are exemptions. Where there is risk, there must be choice. And parents need to know they have a choice. Thank you.

Gail Whalen

I support HF34 to add transparency of the law. Schools currently using the slogan "no shots, no school " is misleading. It lends to medical coercion and does not consider individual health history or provide informed consent for parents. Please support HF34 which will cut out added paperwork for school nurses and school administration and allow parents to care for their families with full knowledge of all the options.

Lori Schlotfeldt

I support this bill.

Nancy Gronewold

Parents must have the right to know that exemptions exist. Anything less could easily be seen as coersion. Please advance the bill.

Kim Lovell

I declare in favor of HF 34. Please advance the bill.

Michael Trenkamp

Please support this bill. Opposition to it would be absurd considering what we just went through the last 5 years.

Linda Rosenboom

Please advance HF 34 as many parents do not know that there are exemptions. Where there is risk, there must be choice. And parents need to know they have a choice when making decisions about their children receiving immunizations.

Rachael Stegall

Please support H34.

Kerry Criuch

DECEPTIONS NEED TO STOP!!! Schools are funded by our hard earned money, aka TAXES. This makes school a government agency. So we are mandated to pay for our schools and then we are lied to and told vaccines are mandatory. I dont mind paying for schools because it helps better education. Our area does well with this. However, this illegal vaccine issue of hiding the truth creates unwarranted government control on two sides. Vaccines are also paid for by tax moneys because the Dept of Public Health provides the vaccines, paid by taxes. People are injected by Public Health nurses whose wages are paid by our taxes and MANY people are not charged for the vaccine or the service. Those who have insurance, the vaccine and service is charged to insurances and recipients may still have to pay cofees and/or deductibles. Please move forward with HF 34!!!

Bethany Steichen

I support HF34! Parents ultimately have the last say on the decision to vaccinate or not. All of them, a handful, or none, it doesn't matter. The fact that no one besides parents of vaccine injured children are telling parents that they have AN OPTION is ridiculous. Let the parents know and make the decision that is best for them!

Tim Stumo

Good evening, Legislators,Thank you for your time and service in the Iowa Legislature. I am registering in favor of this bill because we, as Americans, have the right to informed consent. Whether we agree with exemptions or not, every person is entitled to be informed about them, and Iowa is obligated to ensure our institutions are informing Iowans. According to The National Library of Medicine: "Informed consent is a cornerstone of medicine, ensuring ethical treatment decisions and patientcentered care. Patients have the right to make informed and voluntary treatment decisions. Informed consent is more than merely a signature on a document; it is a communication process between the clinician and the patient. This process ensures that the patient is fully informed about the nature of the procedure or intervention, the potential risks and benefits, and the alternative treatments available. The patient can refuse or withdraw consent at any time during treatment."

Rachel Wallace

Please advance bill HF34. Parents must know that they have the right to use an exemption. Many parents believe that if they want to have their children in public schools, they must give their children the full schedule of vaccines. They cannot choose to deny one vaccine from that schedule without an exemption. And most don't know that an exemption is even a choice. It is a form of bullying/coercion that is taking place. The vaccination schedule has tripled in the last 40 years. Parents must be given the option to choose which, if any, vaccines they want their children to have. We want what's best for our kids. We need to be provided the right to make medical decisions for our children that are not based in fear, but instead based on what is best for them.

Melnaie Froyen

I support HF 34. Information related to immunization exemptions should be made public. People should be made aware of all options.

Jordyn Landau

Please pass HF 34! Transparency is highly important, especially when it comes to health!