💢ACTION ALERT💢Autism Action Network

💢ACTION ALERT💢 from the Autism Action Network: Please call ☎ your representatives in Washington and ask them to stop a new federal regulation that would give complete legal liability protection to vaccines makers, and the physicians who administer them, for 💢 vaccines given to pregnant women, even though vaccines are not evaluated for efficacy or safety in pregnant women or their babies. This regulation would close a current loophole in the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act and open-up a whole new market for the vaccine industry. The regulation would allow the CDC to confer liability protection upon issuing a recommendation that pregnant women get a vaccine. This regulation will allow all children in the womb to be used as subjects for what amounts to medical experiments. We are now at the point where we will not require even the most minimal safety measures to protect children in the womb.

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Please politely call their offices and ask to speak to an aide who deals with health issues, and ask him or her to stop this policy of giving untested vaccines to pregnant women, and providing liability protection to those who profit from this unsafe practice. Find your representatives at the following link:

https://whoismyrepresentative.com/

All federal regulations have a public comment period so please click on the link below to send a message to the Department of Health and Human Services, your members of Congress, and the White House demanding the rejection of this reckless regulation.

http://capwiz.com/a-champ/issues/alert/?alertid=80542656&queueid=11738567936

Currently, flu shots and the diptheria/pertussis/tetanus (DPT) are recommended for pregnant women by the CDC, even though they exist in a legal gray area this regulation is intended to resolve. The package inserts required and approved by the FDA of all flu shots and DPT shots clearly state that the safety and efficacy of the product on pregnant women is not known.

“Safety and effectiveness of Adacel vaccine have not been established in pregnant women. (8.1)” according to the package insert for Sanofi’s Adacel DPT shot, currently recommended for pregnant women. See it here:

https://www.fda.gov/downloads/biologicsbloodvaccines/vaccines/approvedproducts/ucm142764.pdf

Similarly, the package insert for Fluzone, the most commonly used flu shot in the US, states, “Safety and effectiveness of Fluzone Quadrivalent have not been established in pregnant women or children less than 6 months of age.” See it here:

https://www.fda.gov/downloads/biologicsbloodvaccines/vaccines/approvedproducts/ucm356094.pdf

One study, however, found a significant correlation between autism in children (20% increase) and their mother getting a flu shot in the first trimester of pregnancy.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2587559

The public comment period is open through October 1, and you can see the proposed regulation (83 FR14391) here: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-04-04/pdf/2018-06770.pdf

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