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Strengthening Families, Protecting Life and Promoting Health > Empowering Families to Direct Their Health Care > Health Care and Nutritional Supplements
We deplore any efforts to mandate that vitamins and other natural supplements be on a prescription- only basis, and we oppose any efforts to remove vitamins and other nutritional supplements from public sale. We support the rights of all adults to their choice of nutritional products. We strongly favor legislation recognizing legitimate alternative health care choices.
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Harmful substances can and should be removed from the market. This includes supplements like ephedra.

There is no need for legislation to recognize alternative medicine for two reasons:

  1. We clearly have the right to use alternative medicine therapies that are not known to cause harm.
  2. Once alternative medicines are clinically proven to work, they are no longer "alternative."
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We oppose the Rosebush-Blocker rule in the Texas Senate.
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This is shortsighted.

In requiring a 2/3 vote to send legislation to the floor, the Rosebush "Blocker" Rule is a check against a thin majority causing extreme changes. The problem is not the rule, it is that the Republicans only have a thin majority.

The right solution is not changing major rules for temporary gain. That should distinguish us from Democrats (case in point: Democrats change Massachusetts special election law to ensure Democrat senator). Also, this rule could come in handy if--God forbid--Republicans lose their majority.

The right solution is a better Republican majority. And that cannot happen without a better platform.

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