Suzie Pollock | |
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Member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 123rd district | |
In office 2019–2023 | |
Preceded by | Diane Franklin |
Succeeded by | Lisa Thomas (redistricting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Michigan, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Darrell Pollock |
Children | 2 |
Education |
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College (
AA) Spencerian College ( GrCert) |
Suzie Pollock is an American politician who served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 123rd district. A member of the Republican Party, she was elected in 2018 and assumed office in 2019. [1]
Pollock was born in Michigan and raised in Kentucky. She earned an associate degree from Elizabethtown Community and Technical College and a certificate from Spencerian College.
Pollock is a cardiovascular invasive specialist. [2] She was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2018 and re-elected in 2020. [3]
While in the House, Pollock promoted anti-vaccination legislation. [4] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri, Pollock was one of a number of Republican state lawmakers who promoted and amplified misinformation about COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccine. She promoted claims, promoted by right-wing media outlets, that the vaccines approved for use in the U.S. had "been rushed" and had questionable efficacy. [4] In late 2020, Pollock introduced a bill to bar discrimination against persons who chose not to be vaccination against COVID-19. [4]
In the 2021 legislative session, Pollock sponsored a measure to expand school vaccination opt-outs, allowing more children to enter school without being vaccinated against infectious diseases, such as polio, measles, and mumps. [4] Pollock had introduced a similar bill in 2020, but it did not advance. [2] [5] Pollock's bill would have eliminated vaccine requirements for private school students, and would also make it easier to obtain exemptions from vaccine requirements to attend public schools and universities. [2] [5] During the legislative debate, Pollock said, "We need to rein in our schools and our health departments." [5] The Missouri State Medical Association and the Missouri chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics opposed the bill due to the supposed risks it presented to public health. [2] [5] The House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee passed the bill 10–6, but it was defeated in April 2021 on the House floor on a 79–67 vote. [4] [6]
Pollock's husband, Darrell Pollock, served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2005 to 2013. Pollock and her husband live in Lebanon, Missouri and have two children. They also have 9 great- nieces and nephews 6 nieces Amaiya, Alivia, Kaylee, Stella, and Lilly. Their nephew's names are Matthew, Houston, and Stetson.