Vaccines: NJ Joins Natn'l Trend, Seeks Exemption Restriction

Vaccines: NJ Joins Natn'l Trend, Seeks Exemption Restriction


'The New Jersey bill would add New Jersey to a growing list of states that have recently passed laws restricting access to exemptions. Last year, Washington State - and this year, California - passed laws making medical doctors gatekeepers of non-medical exemptions. These laws don't pass the common sense test, let alone formal legal scrutiny. States cannot lawfully put a doctor between a citizen and the exercise of their religious beliefs, which has nothing to do with medicine.

The WA and CA laws are simply unconstitutional, in my opinion. Not that that matters to state legislatures. The practical reality is that legislatures can pass any law they have the votes for, Constitutional or not, since technically, laws are not "unconstitutional" unless and until a court later says they are. So, we need activists to challenge these laws in court.'


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