National Health Freedom Coalition
2023 Year in Review
NHFC envisions an America where all people can have access to the practitioners and products they need on their healing journey, and all are free to make their own health decisions, for themselves and their families.
During 2023, attacks on our health rights continue. But the good news is progress is being made! People are getting involved. Health freedom advocates in states across the nation not only continue to push back against ongoing attempts to infringe on our rights, but they are also moving forward with protective legislative solu-tions in a big way.
NHFC is an educational organization and our attorneys work hard to educate groups about health freedom and their options of how to participate in the political process when change is needed. Because of the ongoing challenges in 2023 to bodily autonomy and the right to make ones own decisions regarding health, NHFC has found itself educating many groups on this area of law including local groups in MA, VT, CA, OH, IL, SC, IN, PA, KS, FL, and MD.
In addition, NHFC attorneys have been available to those leaders working in four states that are in the process of passing Safe Harbor Practitioner Exemption Bills that would protect the right of complementary and alternative health care practitioners to practice and be accessible to consumers: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida, and Oregon. This area of law is very unique and NHFC is a leader in understanding it and teaching about it. Understanding the current law is essential when working to make new laws.
Progress is being made for health freedom. Since 2020, 49 states across the nation have filed over 1075 bills that explicitly PROTECT bodily autonomy. 29 of those states have passed a total of 75 new laws, plus 8 resolutions, that protect bodily autonomy in some way. 15 of those new laws were passed in 2023! We expect to see this trend continue and expand in 2024! Already new Right to Refuse bills for the next session are starting to pour in.
However, there are still many states where protective bills have not been passed into law. In many states coercive medical mandates are still happening today, and access to employment or education is still contingent on getting a particular vaccine.
Educational presentations are key to getting the word out.
NHFC and its sister organization, National Health Freedom Action (NHFA), gave many presentations about health freedom in 2023: Steven O’Connor gave radio interviews with Robert Scott Bell on the Robert Scott Bell show and with Ava Rockwell on the Rockwell School of Functional & Holistic Medicine radio show; Leo Cashman gave 2 interviews on One Life Radio on fluoride issues and EMF radiation; Julie Booras has been on CHD’s Good Morning show several times; and NHFC made presentations at many virtual and in-person events throughout the country. NHFC works to help people understand how laws impact their freedoms, and how they can become active in making changes for health freedom.
Attorney Diane Miller participated in the World Health Congress 2023 Prague – Prague Czech Republic, giving an overview of health freedom issues for healing practitioners. She also produced a special video to share with the public on Homeopathic Remedies and the Law.
In addition we are on the road at In-Person Conferences and Presentations:
Health Freedom Leadership Summit – Orlando, FL –January 2023 – Julie Booras and Nate Gorman attended on behalf of NHFC where they collaborated with other health freedom leaders from around the world.
COVID Litigation Conference 2023 – Atlanta, GA – March 2023 – Attorney Steven O’Connor attended on behalf of NHFC where he connected with lawyers advancing COVID-19-related litigation.
16th International Herb Symposium – Norton, MA – June 2023 – Julie Booras and Nate Gorman represented National Health Freedom Coalition and got to meet former famed herbalist, Rosemary Gladstar for the first time. Julie gave a brief talk about our Safe Harbor practitioner exemption work.
Global Health Freedom Summit – Alexandria, MN – September 2023 – Board members Jeanne Handke and Lynette Albrecht represented NHFC and NHFA.
American Herbalist Guild Symposium – Granby, CO – October 2023 – Nate Gorman represented NHFC and NHFA.
International Ayurvedic Mega-Conference – Orlando, FL – October 2023 – Nate Gorman represented in person for National Health Freedom Coalition and Diane Miller gave a virtual presentation.
Trinity Health Freedom Expo – Tinley Park, IL – October 2023 –
Attorneys Steven O’Connor and Diane Miller gave a joint presentation entitled “Shaping the Laws to Protect Health and Healing Rights.” Diane Miller was also on the Health Freedom Panel together with Robert Scott Bell, Jonathan Emord, Mark Richards Md, Dr. Brian Hooker, and Becky Cash.
Weston A Price’s 23rd Annual Conference – Kansas City, MO – October 2023 was represented by Julie Booras and Steven O’Connor for NHFC and NHFA.
16th Annual Natural Health Expo – Marlborough, MA – November 2023 was attended by Julie Booras and Dr. Karen Moriarty, who were able to speak to hundreds of people about efforts in Massachusetts and across the nation to protect health rights. Julie gave a presentation entitled “Protecting the Future of Health Freedom.”
Children’s Health Defense 2nd Annual Rise & Resist Conference – Savannah, GA – November 2023 where Attorney Steven O’Conner and Julie Booras represented NHFC and NHFA.
We pledge to continue working for health freedom rights and to help people make policy changes that protect the fundamental right of all Americans to make their own health choices free from coercive tactics. We will not stop working for the freedom of each person to access what one needs on their health journey.
