Support Medical Exemption Protections in Massachusetts!

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The Massachusetts legislature is considering S.347, a bill that strengthens medical freedom and protects the doctor–patient relationship by allowing physicians—not state bureaucrats—to determine when vaccination may endanger a child’s health.

If passed, this bill would ensure that a child’s own doctor has the final say in issuing a medical exemption, based on their complete knowledge of the child’s medical history, family health background, and individual risk factors. It also prohibits the Massachusetts Department of Public Health from overturning that exemption and protects physicians from retaliation for providing it in good faith.

Under current law, school officials and the Department of Public Health can challenge or override a physician’s medical exemption, undermining the doctor–patient relationship and exposing children to potential harm. S.347 closes that loophole by giving physicians full authority to issue a medical certification when, in their professional judgment, vaccination poses a risk to the child’s health.

This simple, commonsense measure restores trust in individualized medical care, protects medical privacy, and prevents intimidation of physicians who act in the best interest of their patients.

Please take a few minutes to contact your Massachusetts legislators and urge them to SUPPORT S.347 to protect medical freedom and children’s health! The session ends 11-19-25, so let’s make our voices heard TODAY!

TAKE ACTION

Contact your Massachusetts State Senator and Representative and ask them to SUPPORT S.347.

You can look up your legislators here:
 https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator

Phone calls are most effective, but emails help too—both take just a few minutes.

Sample Script:

“Hi, my name is ___ and I’m a constituent. I’m calling to ask Senator/Representative ___ to SUPPORT S.347, which protects the doctor–patient relationship and strengthens medical exemption rights for children in Massachusetts.

This bill ensures that a child’s physician—not the Department of Public Health—can determine when vaccination could endanger that child’s health. It also protects doctors from retaliation for making good-faith medical judgments and keeps a child’s exemption confidential within the school health program.

Medical decisions should be made by families and their trusted doctors, not by bureaucrats. Please vote YES on S.347 to support parental rights, medical privacy, and individualized care for Massachusetts children.”

TALKING POINTS

1. You support S.347 because it restores trust in the doctor–patient relationship and protects children whose health may be endangered by vaccination. Vaccine injury is real and not rare.

• The bill ensures that physicians—not state officials—have final authority to determine when vaccination is medically unsafe for a child.

• Your family doctor better understands your child’s full medical history, family health background, and individual risk factors—information a state bureaucrat simply doesn’t have.

• A child’s medical care should never be one-size-fits-all. Every child is unique, and only a trusted physician who knows the child personally can make an informed decision about whether vaccination is appropriate.

• School officials are not qualified to override private medical decisions. Their role is education, not medical evaluation. Allowing school physicians or bureaucrats to overrule a child’s doctor undermines both parental rights and medical ethics.

• The doctor–patient relationship is built on trust and confidentiality. Families deserve to make private medical choices with their trusted physician—free from interference, intimidation, or review by state or school personnel.

MORE INFORMATION

Text, status, and history of S.347:
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S347

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