Idaho for the Win!

What Say You, Florida?

Governor Little of Idaho has just signed into law the country’s best medical freedom bill. The driving force behind this bill? Leslie Manookian of Health Freedom Defense.

You may remember Ms. Manookian. We all have her to thank for ridding the airlines of those odious snot pouches as a requirement for enjoying the not-so-friendly skies.

And so Ms. Manookian has done it again.

Eleven Minutes & Three Tissues

This even got to me: Link

I didn’t think it’d bring tears or make me sniffle, but it sure did.

The video tells the story of the long struggle to bring medical freedom to Idaho. Ms. Karlfeldt gives all credit to Ms. Manookian, but they all spent years on this, in one way or another.

The Governor’s veto of the final bill that made it to his desk sent these heroes into a tailspin. Ironically, it enabled an even happier ending than if the Governor had signed the bill in its original form.

The original bill got passed on Mar 21, 2025. On Saturday, Mar 30, 2025, Governor Little vetoed it. His concern? The law would remove schools’ ability to send a sick child home.

Manookian, et.al insisted that the law would leave unaffected current law that allows schools to send sick children home. Yet, understanding the Governor’s concern, they got work to amend the bill’s language on this particular point.

Back to the drawing board, they went, already exhausted. Yet, the back-and-forth, the “tweaking” ended up forging what this team considers an even better bill.

Many people — even politicians — deserve praise and thanks for this great win. Basically, the bill enshrines basic human rights. That is, it prohibits the forced use of any medical intervention (and this includes devices such as masks) as a condition of accessing goods and services and otherwise moving about that section of Planet Earth known as Idaho.

Here is the Idaho bill:

What Say You, Florida?

Let us pray that the landmark bill in Idaho sets the precedent for further enshrining of basic human rights. Unfortunate that it must be spelled out — in the “land of the free and home of the brave,” — but there it is.

Florida, are you listening?