Subject: CTR TALKING POINTS: HILLARY CLINTON AND VACCINATIONS
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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 13:27:40 -0500
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*TALKING POINTS: HILLARY CLINTON AND VACCINATIONS*

*BACKGROUND:** The recent measles outbreak has been attributed by many to a
decline in childhood vaccinations, sparking a debate in America about the
safety of vaccinating our children. When asked in an interview with Hugh
Hewitt on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, whether Hillary Clinton has
“flip-flopped on the vaccine issue,” political reporter Amie Parnes said
<http://www.hughhewitt.com/hillary-biographer-amie-parnes-hillary-flip-flopped-vaccine-issue/>,
“She has a little bit, because you saw her when she was a Senator sort of
take a different approach. You know, but a lot of people at the time were…
I think that now that some research has shown that it’s not, I think she
has sort of come out on the opposite end.”*

*THE FACTS:*

-          Hillary Clinton has consistently supported researching the
causes of autism and finding fact-based solutions to fight the disorder.

-          Hillary Clinton has a long record of protecting children in
America and all over the world through life-saving vaccines.

-          In 2008
<http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/02/politics/hillary-clinton-vaccines/>,
Senator Clinton, along with President Obama and many others, wrote she was
committed to investing in additional research to find the causes of autism.

-          Clinton wrote she supported additional research on the possible
environmental causes of autism, including but not limited to, vaccinations.

-          It is a consistent approach by Secretary Clinton to seek and
research in order to utilize the best information possible to come to a
conclusion, exactly the process here.

*HILLARY CLINTON’S LONG RECORD OF PROTECTING CHILDREN THROUGH
VACCINATIONS: *

o   As First Lady, Hillary Clinton spearheaded
<http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=934>the Childhood Immunization
Initiative and worked to create the Vaccines for Children Program, bringing
childhood immunization rates to an all-time high.

o   She introduced or cosponsored more than 10 bills to promote awareness
of vaccines and expand vaccine supplies for emergencies.

o   Hillary repeatedly
<http://beta.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2049>cosponsored
<https://beta.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/371>the
Childhood Vaccine Supply Act to combat the shortage of routine childhood
vaccines.

o   As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton used
<http://www.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2010/08/146002.htm>
diplomacy
to combat unfounded rumors about the dangers of polio vaccines.

o   Today, through her work at the Clinton Foundation, the Clinton Health
Access Initiative (CHAI) is partnering with governments of Kenya, Ethiopia,
and Malawi to support the national rollout of new vaccines, which will
prevent 50,000
<https://www.clintonfoundation.org/our-work/clinton-health-access-initiative/programs/accelerating-rollout-new-vaccines>
child
deaths each year.

o   On Monday, February 2, 2015, Hillary Clinton tweeted
<https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/562456798020386816>, “The
science is clear: The earth is round, the sky is blue, and #vaccineswork.
Let's protect all our kids. #GrandmothersKnowBest.”