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BL Fisher Note:  Forcing individuals to undergo medical procedures which carry a risk of injury or death, including vaccination, without their informed consent is a human rights violation. The failure to allow an American citizen to freely exercise his or her religion is a violation of the US Consitution. It is shameful that the US military, which is supposed to be about defending the freedoms we have been given under the US Constitution, is victimizing American soldiers in this way.In the long run, this kind of arrogant and inhuman behavior will only serve to turn young men and women away from serving in the US military.

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Marine-Anthrax.html?ex=105876208

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Marine Pilot Jailed for Refusing Vaccine

July 9, 2003

 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 12:22 a.m. ET

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) -- A Marine helicopter pilot who refused on religious grounds to receive an anthrax vaccination was dismissed from the Corps on Tuesday and ordered to serve seven months in prison.

1st Lt. Erick Enz pleaded guilty during a court-martial to disobeying the order of a superior. He faced a maximum punishment of five years confinement, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and dismissal from service.

Enz could serve as little as 30 days based on a pretrial agreement, The Daily News of Jacksonville reported.

Enz, a father of five and Bible study group leader, said he prayed for guidance before researching the potential adverse affects of the vaccination and refusing inoculation.

Military Judge Col. Steven Day ruled earlier that Enz’s objection on religious grounds would not be allowed as evidence.

Department of Defense officials contend that the

vaccination is safe, as do military doctors.

A September 2002 U.S. General Accounting Office survey of

1,253 soldiers who received the anthrax vaccination found

that 84 percent suffered minor reactions. At least 24

percent had major multiple ``systemic’’ reactions, the

latter more than 100 times higher than the estimate of the manufacturer.

``The people who refuse this are not the dummies or the troublemakers,’’ said Lt. Col. John Richardson, a retired Air Force pilot who has criticized the vaccine. ``I get two to three unsolicited calls or e-mails a week sometimes as many as five a day from kids who are sick. Someone has to stand up and do the right thing.’’

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