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July 07, 2003
U.S. IMMUNIZATION NEWS
Doctors Speaking Ill of New Vaccine Law
San Antonio Express-News (www.mysanantonio.com) (07/03/03) P. 1A; Foy,
Nicole
A new Texas law that allows children to attend school even if unvaccinated
as long as their parents hold a philosophical objection to vaccines has
angered doctors and public health officials in the state. Pediatricians
and public health officials say that the law could put the public in harms
way. Until the law was passed, unvaccinated children could only enter
classes in Texas if they were given a medical exemption from a physician or
if their families practiced a recognized religion that objected to
vaccinations in its tenets and bylaws. Advocates for the new law say that
the move puts health decisions back in the hands of parents, taking them
away from bureaucrats who should not be deciding for the general public.
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