b'MEDICAL FREEDOMAMENDMENT BROADCASTBy Michael LeVesque, NHF Board MemberA Line Is DrawnT he Medical Freedom Amend- governmental agencies and insurance mentisatruedemarcationcompanies.betweenthegovernmentsIt is for that reason that two new perceivedrighttoprescribetermswereaddedtotheMedical anddemandmedicaltreatmentandFreedomAmendment.Thoseterms, ourindividualinalienablerighttocountermeasureandemergency, chooseandcontrolourmedicalandsharemeaningwithlaw,rule,reg- quarter century of clinical practice. He health decisions. This Individual Rightulation, executive placed before thehas held numerous academic medical is inalienable and absolute. word order. Neither a countermea- appointments,andhisworkhasap-This right has been usurped by thesure nor an emergency can impedepearedinmanyjournals,including USA Patriot Act of 2001 and the PREPanindividualsrightstoinformedThe Journal of the American Medical As-Act of 2005, wherein the Departmentconsent,medicalchoice,ormedicalsociation and The New England Journal ofDefensewasgivenfullimmunityprivacy. of Medicine. From 2012 to 2018, he was and right to act under emergency rul- ClinicalAssociateProfessorofMed-ing by the U.S. President and Legisla- What Does MedicalicalHumanitiesandBioethicsatthe ture to enact countermeasures. TheFreedom Mean? University of Rochester.modifi edmRNA(messengerRNA)The Medical Freedom AmendmentHereisDr.Bakersdefi nitionof injectionwasredefi nedasavaccinerequires a clear defi nition to provideMedicalFreedom,adefi nitionof andtechnicallynamedacounter- fullcomprehensionofitsscopeandrightsforthepast,present,andthe measureauthorizedbylegislativeimportance. Defi ning the meaning offuture.Hisfullarticlepublishedby acts giving full power to those StatesMedicalFreedomprovidesfornowthe Brownstone Institute can be found that would approve it as an emergencyand the future, the intent and meaningathttps://brownstone.org/articles/measure. As we can see now, the Stateof the Medical Freedom Amendment. what-is-medical-freedom-exactly/.mandates, as pushed by the media, Dr.Fortunately,Dr.ClaytonJ.Baker,Medical freedom is a moral, ethi-Fauci,andthepublic-healthinstitu- M.D.,presentedadefi nitionofMed- cal, and legal concept, essential to the tions such as the CDC, were a politicalicalFreedomontheBrownstoneIn- just and proper practice of medicine, act and not a medical one. stitute website. It is a comprehensivethat asserts the following:Debate rages over the state of emer- andfullyarticulatedpresentationof1.Theindividualpatientsautonomy gencyrequiringmandatedmedicalthe intention and meaning of Medicalover his or her own body with re-interventionandhowthatinterven- Freedom, and its goals and intentionsgard to any and all medical treat-tion placed numerous people at risk,aspracticedbyphysicians,govern- ment is absolute and inalienable.illness, increased early death, and ac- ment, and others. These goals would2.Physiciansandpublichealthoffi-tual death. It not only usurped med- also come under the protection of thecials do not possess the authority to ical freedom, but the government ac- Medical Freedom Amendment. deprive any citizen of their funda-tion also created medical tragedy andDr.ClaytonJ.Baker,M.D.isanmental civil rights, including during economichardshipasreportedbyinternalmedicinephysicianwithaa declared medical emergency.10 H ealtHF reedomN ews /w iNter2023'