Vaccination Safety with Mary Holland of Children’s Health Defense

Mary S. Holland has fought long and hard in the vaccination choice and safety movement. On behalf of many organizations, she submitted amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, a case about manufacturer liability, and to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Cedillo v. HHS about vaccine-induced autism. In the last fifteen years, she has co-written and edited two books, Vaccine Epidemic and The HPV Vaccine on Trial, and co-founded two non-profits, the Elizabeth Birt Center for Autism Law and Advocacy and the Center for Personal Rights. In addition, she has published seminal legal articles on critical dimensions of vaccine law and policy: constitutionality; herd immunity; liability for injury; and the connection between vaccines and autism.

Children’s Health Defense (CHD) is pleased to announce Mary S. Holland has become its full-time General Counsel. Holland will continue to serve as CHD Vice Chair of the Board of Directors.

Topics discussed in this interview:

• The history of vaccinations
• The current environment and threats we are facing
• The difference between the new vaccine and others
• The role of Children’s Health Defense

Mary S. Holland serves on the advisory boards for Health Choice, the Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge, and the Otto Specht School and Endeavor 21+, Waldorf communities for children and young adults with learning differences. Holland has addressed legislators in Vermont, Maine, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, California, Oregon, Washington and West Virginia on vaccine law and policy. She has held briefings on Capitol Hill and at the United Nations, capturing international attention. And she has stood up to some of the fiercest vaccine coercion proponents: Dr. Paul Offit, Dr. Arthur Caplan and Dr. Peter Hotez.