Veto AB 1421 Rally - Monday, Sept 16, 2002

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California Mental Health Clients, Advocates, and Providers, Unify for Choice and Freedom.

California clients, along with other mental health and disability advocates, service providers and administrators will take their battle against AB 1421 to the Governor.

AB 1421 moves California in an unjust and dangerous direction
AB 34 Programs Are Doing the Job
The Foundation of AB 1421 is Discrimination Based on Centuries Old Stereotypes.

In Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, The Surgeon General of the US states, "Almost all agree that coercion should not be a substitute for effective care that is sought voluntarily."

Sponsored by:

Coalition Advocating for Rights, Empowerment, and Services (CARES)
California Network of Mental Health Clients
Protection & Advocacy, Inc.
California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies
California Association of Mental Health Patients Rights Advocates

Join the growing list of co-sponsors:

Alameda County Network of Mental Health Clients; Coalition on Homeless; San Francisco; Mental Health Association of Los Angeles County; Mental Health Consumer Concerns; Project Return: The Next Step; Sacramento Consumer Self Help Centers; United Consumer Advocacy Network of Fresno County

Dear Friends,

URGENT URGENT UPDATE!!

We are holding a RALLY in Sacramento to oppose AB 1421 and get Governor Gray Davis to VETO it! YOU ARE NEEDED!

WHAT: Rally to veto AB 1421
WHEN: Monday, September 16, 2002, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
WHERE: State Capitol, Sacramento, North Steps
WHO: You and your friends and relatives and group members!
EMAIL your confirmation to attend and to ask questions - nopsychs@pacbell.net

AB 1421, the forced psychiatric drugging bill, has passed the California State Legislature and gone to Governor Gray Davis. He has to actively VETO the bill, or it will become law! The provisions of this law are extremely loose, and based on opinion and statements from others, which can easily be falsified and are not made under oath.

For example, Joan has a fight with her boyfriend, Bob, after he roughs her up. She makes threatening remarks about Bob to her sister, who becomes concerned and takes Joan to the Community Mental Health Center for "help." Joan goes, but decides not to receive treatment. Then, Joan becomes sad about her relationship with Bob. Her sister becomes more concerned. Joan makes a remark that she feels her life is over now. If AB 1421 becomes law, the sister would now be within the law to petition the court to have Joan treated against her will! That Joan doesn't want treatment would be considered a symptom of her mental illness! She could actually be detained for 72 hours in a mental hospital just for refusing to be examined! While there, anything she said or did that staff didn't like could be used as an excuse to force-drug her or put her in restraints. Unless Joan has a really good lawyer, not a Public Defender, she will not prevail in court-98% or more of these hearings go exactly the way the psychiatrist wants.

Don't let you and your family and friends be at risk of this forced "treatment"!

Join us on the front lines on Monday, September 16, 2002 at 11:00 am in Sacramento at the State Capitol!

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