Judge Andrew Napolitano calls the new law ‘draconian’ and expects that there will be great resistance to the new law.
He said states have no choice but to respect a parent’s “bonafide” religious objection under the First Amendment.
On the issue of a philosophical objection, the judge said the parent’s right to raise children as he or she sees fit is a fundamental right of Americans.
“The right to raise your children as you see fit is a fundamental liberty, akin with thought, personality and speech,” he said.
Napolitano said the issue comes down to whether parents and a doctor should be able to make the decision on a child’s vaccinations, rather than the government.
He called the proposed law “harsh and Draconian,” predicting it will be met with aggressive resistance from some parents who do not trust the safety and effectiveness of vaccines.
Payne asked about the spike in measles cases in recent years, asking Napolitano when the concern about the “greater good” outweighs an individual’s opposition.
The judge said there is no answer to that question under the law or under the Constitution.
Source: foxnews.com
The question as to whether or not there is a greater good here to force vaccinations while violating our Constitution is an oxymoron. The Constitution is primary law of the land and was created for the greater good. To violate that because of the measles is certainly not in the greater good in any sense. There are worse illnesses out there, but it should be up to people to take these issues as they come, not for the state to jump in and force medical procedures on the population.
If you don’t believe in vaccinations you might not be able to avoid them even if you homeschool your kids. Check out what is happening in Texas.
A network of clinics in Texas has issued new guidelines asserting their facilities will no longer take children as patients if they have not been vaccinated.
Austin Regional Clinic, the largest healthcare provider network in the Central Texas region serving close to half a million residents, announced today they will begin prohibiting children who are not up to date on vaccine requirements from being seen by doctors starting tomorrow.
“The physicians and staff at Austin Regional Clinic support immunizations,” a statement on the ARC site says. “If you plan not to immunize your child, we prefer that you choose another practice. We do not want to place the rest of our patients at risk of contracting vaccine-preventable illnesses.”
“Parents who are unwilling to commit to a vaccination schedule will need to find another physician outside of ARC,” a press release states.
The ARC’s recommended vaccine schedule lists at least 21 innoculations infants should receive before the first year of age, many of which can admittedly cause severe adverse reactions – including death – largely in part to the ease by which toxicants can permeate children’s underdeveloped blood-brain barriers.Notably, the list also recommends children receive a dose of Merck’s controversial Gardasil vaccine by age nine, despite reports that hundreds of young women in the US have died, and tens of thousands have been harmed by it. “Routine dosing intervals are recommended,” a handout from the clinic states.
Specifically, the clinic says parents may be confused about vaccines due to “misinformation in the media and on biased websites.”
Perhaps they find it biased to point out the fact that the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program has, via a secretive, letigious network of courts, paid out nearly $3 billion to families who’ve suffered death or other debilitating side effects as a result of vaccines.
