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It’s finally July, with all the joys of summer! This time of year, many people take at least a cursory look at our freedoms and rights, and, hopefully, they are grateful for them: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of press, freedom of assembly, freedom of petition, freedom of movement, freedom of association, freedom from discrimination, freedom from cruel or unusual punishment. Also: the right to marry, the right to work, the right to bear arms, the right to a fair trial, the right to due process, the right to equal protection under law, the right to vote, the right to property, the right to education, the right to privacy, the right to access information — I’ve likely missed some. While all of these deserve special attention, it is the later ones that I would like to expound on.
Health Freedom means you have certain rights and choices. With them also comes responsibility, and it is our job to ensure them. About 200 years ago, we were just starting to understand what today is the basics of hygiene and sanitation, especially in health care, so our choices were fewer. As we have progressed in our understanding of our bodies and how they function, and many marvels of modern medicine have come to be, we have developed to a point where our choices are many, but we are oftentimes left feeling pigeon-holed into one ideology, feeling we have no choice. But we do.
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