Feb 11, 2026
Feb 11, 2026
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The Scoop on Leucovorin + Hawaii Bodily Autonomy Bills + Stop SC Removing the Exemption for MMR
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Leucovorin was recently announced to be a treatment for autism symptoms, but what do the parents who have tried it have to say? Linda Smeltzer joins the show to share her family’s first-hand experience with the drug.
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“Nobody should be coerced against their personal conscience to keep their job and to sustain their livelihood.” Hawaii Representative Diamond Garcia discusses his bill which seeks to “ensure” that such an event “could never happen again.”
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In South Carolina, legislation has been introduced which would remove the religious exemption for school and childcare MMR vaccine requirements and add an MMR vaccine requirement without exemptions for higher education students. Here, to explain this in detail, is Dawn Richardson.
*The opinions expressed by the hosts and guests in this show are not necessarily the views of Children’s Health Defense.
Resources
Leucovorin helped son with autism speak - CBS News
The American Academy of Environmental Medicine
Democratic state senator proposes ending religious exemptions for measles vaccine in SC
Measles – Disease Information Statement
National Vaccine Information Center - VAERS data on Measles Vaccines
National Vaccine Information Center - 11,746 cases classified as serious or the person died
South Carolina Measles Dashboard
The Emerging Risks of Live Virus & Virus Vectored Vaccines
What’s Really Going On in South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak?
CDC Official: MMR Vaccine Doesn’t Guarantee Protection Against Measles
The Science and Politics of Eradicating Measles
Waning Immunity and the MMR Vaccine
Attorney General Alan Wilson condemns Senate bill aimed at eliminating religious freedom



