“The Constitution of this Republic should make special provision for medical freedom. To restrict the art of healing to one class will constitute the Bastille of medical science. All such laws are un-American and despotic…Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution; the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship and force people, who wish doctors and treatments of their own choice, to submit to only what the dictating outfit offers.The Constitution of the Republic should make a Special provision for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom."
Dr. Benjamin Rush, on his desire for such a Constitutional Amendment
- at age 15, Rush "completed the five-year program earning him a Bachelor of Arts degree at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and then studied medicine under Dr. John Redman in Philadelphia." (wiki)
- "He published the first American textbook on chemistry" (wiki)
- "He was active in the Sons of Liberty and was elected to attend the provincial conference to send delegates to the Continental Congress. He was consulted by Thomas Paine on the writing of the profoundly influential pro-independence pamphlet Common Sense. He was appointed to represent Pennsylvania at the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence." (wiki)
- Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis to study under Dr. Rush before the Lewis & Clark Expedition (wiki)
And, perhaps most incredibly:
- he "helped reconcile the friendship of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams by encouraging the two former Presidents to resume writing to each other." (wiki)
Here's what the proposed Rush Amendments avers...
Amendment to each State's Constitution Bill of Rights:
The People and any lawful inhabitant, resident, or sojourner of the state of (Your state) shall have freedom of choice and practice of any health or medical care modalities as they deem in their own personal best interest and judgment.
Amendment to the US Constitution:
The People of the United States of America and anyone lawfully residing or sojourning therein shall have freedom of choice and practice of any health or medical care modalities as they deem in their own personal best interest and judgment.
If you read the intriguing bios of the two men behind this movement, you'll read this is about health-promotion at least as much as it is political...
...just as the issue was with Dr. Rush.
Go to their "About" page here...
http://www.rush2013.com/about.html
...or go directly to their Home Page here:
http://www.rush2013.com/
Dr. Benjamin Rush, on his desire for such a Constitutional Amendment
- at age 15, Rush "completed the five-year program earning him a Bachelor of Arts degree at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and then studied medicine under Dr. John Redman in Philadelphia." (wiki)
- "He published the first American textbook on chemistry" (wiki)
- "He was active in the Sons of Liberty and was elected to attend the provincial conference to send delegates to the Continental Congress. He was consulted by Thomas Paine on the writing of the profoundly influential pro-independence pamphlet Common Sense. He was appointed to represent Pennsylvania at the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence." (wiki)
- Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis to study under Dr. Rush before the Lewis & Clark Expedition (wiki)
And, perhaps most incredibly:
- he "helped reconcile the friendship of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams by encouraging the two former Presidents to resume writing to each other." (wiki)
Here's what the proposed Rush Amendments avers...
Amendment to each State's Constitution Bill of Rights:
The People and any lawful inhabitant, resident, or sojourner of the state of (Your state) shall have freedom of choice and practice of any health or medical care modalities as they deem in their own personal best interest and judgment.
Amendment to the US Constitution:
The People of the United States of America and anyone lawfully residing or sojourning therein shall have freedom of choice and practice of any health or medical care modalities as they deem in their own personal best interest and judgment.
If you read the intriguing bios of the two men behind this movement, you'll read this is about health-promotion at least as much as it is political...
...just as the issue was with Dr. Rush.
Go to their "About" page here...
http://www.rush2013.com/about.html
...or go directly to their Home Page here:
http://www.rush2013.com/
