Cranston, RI – The Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity announced today that Dr. Stephen “Doc” Skoly has stepped down as Chairman of its Board of Directors to pursue a run for the US House of Representatives in Rhode Island’s second Congressional district.
In his January 7th letter to the Board, Skoly praised the Center for raising awareness about such important issues as our state’s unsustainable energy policies, advancing affordability policies, promoting medical freedom, and preserving parental rights in education each of which, he said, will provide him with a solid platform for his candidacy.
Doc Skoly became a statewide symbol for medical freedom in 2021 when he took a stand on behalf of all healthcare professionals and first responders and put his career at risk.
Already protected by natural immunity and with legitimate medical concerns of exacerbating his Bell’s Palsy condition, Skoly on the advice of his doctor chose not to comply with Rhode Island’s agenda-driven and experimental Covid-19 vaccine healthcare-worker mandate.
His decision, which history now shows was based on scientific truths, resulted in the vengeful and unconstitutional shuttering of his surgical practice for six months by the RI Department of Health.
Skoly’s related lawsuit challenging the vaccine mandate was never allowed to go to trial by both the Federal District Court in Rhode Island and the US First Circuit Court of Appeals.
“Americans at every turn must have the freedom to make their own personal, medical, educational, and economic choices,” commented Skoly. “This is what our Center stands for, because when there is more freedom, there is more prosperity.”
Skoly will maintain his seat on the Center’s board which will meet in late January to confer over the election of a new Chairman.
Release of this announcement was delayed to allow time for Dr. Skoly and his family to mourn the passing of his mother on January 10th.
