Former Carthage City Councilwoman Lujene Clark's battle to ban vaccines containing more than a trace amount of mercury reached a successful conclusion today, for this state at least, when Missouri Governor Matt Blunt signed a bill, sponsored by Sen. Norma Champion, R-Springfield, banning such vaccines for pregnant women and for children under the age of three, beginning in April 2007.
According to Associated Press, the bill requires insurance companies to cover mercury-free vaccines at the same rate as those that contain mercury.
Mrs. Clark and her husband, emergency room physician Dr. Alan Clark, began the battle after their son was diagnosed with a form of autism which they believe was caused by mercury in vaccines.
An October 2004 Joplin Globe feature detailed how the Clarks have fought the battle against the mercury-laden vaccines, not only in Jefferson City, but in state capitals throughout the U. S., and in Washington, D. C.
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