Kathleen Melonakos received her RN degree from Brigham Young University and Master’s of Liberal Arts (philosophy) from Stanford University. She has served as assistant to the director of the Stanford University Sleep Clinic and in various other clinical settings. She is the author of Saunder’s Pocket Reference for Nurses, (1990, 1995), one of the largest selling reference manuals for nurses. She currently resides in the San Diego area and is an advocate for the Physicians for Informed Consent, Nurses for Informed Consent, and Children’s Health Defense.
Why do we care deeply about vaccine safety? What laws back up informed choice?
We are pro-life
Every life is sacred
If a product has DEATH as a potential side effect, it cannot be mandated
Informed choice is the foundation of all medical ethics
It is the basis of the Hippocratic Oath that all doctors take
The Ten Commandments say do not lie, steal or kill
The US Constitution guarantees the right to life, liberty
California state constitution Article 1 sec. 1, codifies the right to refuse medical treatment
The Nuremberg code is enshrined in U.S. law
A patient bill of rights is posted in every hospital
Civil rights laws protect against discrimination based on medical condition
1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act requires that doctors give informed consent for every vaccine
Neither employers, government officials, airline CEO’s, business owners or anyone else can ethically or legally practice medicine without a license or coerce any medical treatment whatsoever