| Suzie Pollock | |
| Office: | Member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 123rd district |
| Termstart: | 2019 |
| Termend: | 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Diane Franklin |
| Successor: | Lisa Thomas (redistricting) |
| Children: | 2 |
| Birth Place: | Michigan, U.S. |
| Education: | Elizabethtown Community and Technical College (AA) Spencerian College (GrCert) |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Darrell Pollock |
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.