We're off and running!
MMFA Board of Directors: Left to right- Erin Laws RN, Sharon Nason LCPC, Christy Drivdahl MD, Erin Brotherton Pharm.D, Alice Kmetz RN, and Tom Rasmussen OD
Our Board of Directors is fresh off of a fall retreat where we gathered at Fairmont Hot Springs and decided on the framework for fulfilling our vision, which is “All Montana healthcare professionals are free to provide care and earn a livelihood while maintaining their religious, moral, ethical, and professional values.” We also planned for how best to influence healthcare policy during the upcoming legislative session. We are grateful to Patrick Webb, Director of Constituent Relations & Grassroots Development with the MT Family Foundation, for facilitating a great retreat for us.
We will have five committees, each lead by one of our board members.
The committees are:
Legislative - Lead is Erin Laws
Fundraising - Lead is Tom Rasmussen
Education & Community Outreach - Lead is Christy Drivdahl
Membership - Lead is Alice Kmetz
Social Media - Lead is Erin Brotherton
If you are a member or a supporter, we invite you to pick your passion and get involved! If you are interested in the legislative aspect, Montana Family Foundation will be offering training sessions this fall and we are invited to attend. If the other committees pique your interest, send me an email and I’ll get you in touch with the right person.
Additionally, we determined what our three areas of focus will be for the 2025 session:
Banning the mRNA platform in MT for all persons (particularly children and females of child-bearing age), livestock, and wildlife. This is the technology that was used in the Pfizer and Moderna covid shots and has been deemed to be neither safe nor effective.
Introduce a de-transitioner Bill of Rights, which will support those who have gone down the “gender-affirming care” path and now want to reverse, as much as possible, what has been done to them. The key components of this will be the right to true informed consent, the right to effective care, the right to insurance coverage, the right to legal restoration and the right to justice.
Banning or restricting the Vaccine Provider Incentive Program that rewards practitioners for vaccinating the maximum number of patients, possibly at the expense of true informed consent.
We sent out a survey on September 23rd to all Republican legislators and legislative candidates to determine who our allies will be with these, and other, issues. From there we will find a sponsor to introduce each bill, and then the model policy work will begin. The results of the survey are starting to trickle in and are encouraging.
Lastly, please follow us on social media and help get the word out about us!
https://www.instagram.com/mtmedfreedom/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566649761188
X coming soon!
Our website is www.montanamedicalfreedomalliance.org. There is a public homepage as well as members-only (healthcare professionals) content and forum behind the paywall. In the coming months, we will have a provider directory on the homepage for those searching for like-minded practitioners, upcoming educational opportunities, calls to action and more. Please check it out!