States Move To Restrict Parents' Refusal To Vaccinate Their Kids
In the wake of several big measles outbreaks this winter, there's a movement among eight states hardest hit to make it more difficult for people to claim nonreligious exemptions to vaccine laws.
All U.S. states require parents to vaccinate their children against some preventable diseases, including measles, mumps, rubella and whooping cough, in order to attend school. Such laws often apply to children in private schools and day care facilities, as well as public schools.
At the same time, beyond medical exemptions, most states also allow parents to opt out of this vaccination requirement for religious reasons. And seventeen states.
