Blanket Exemption For Childhood Vaxxes Fails In Kansas

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports:

With Republicans lawmakers divided, a sweeping rewrite of Kansas public health laws narrowly failed in the Kansas Senate early Friday morning.

House Bill 2390 would have stripped state and local public health authorities of various powers, including quarantine and isolation of people with infectious disease.

Vaccination laws would be weakened, banning the Kansas Department of Health and Environment from requiring COVID-19 shots for children in school or child care, while also expanding religious exemptions to all child wellness vaccines to include nonreligious beliefs.

Read the full article.

Anti-vax state Sen. Mark Steffen appeared on JMG last year for a threatening letter ordering doctors to prescribe horse paste. In February 2023 he appeared here for sponsoring a bill to criminalize drag shows.

Kansas Senate Republicans were divided on a bill targeting child wellness vaccines and COVID-19 shots while weakening public health authority. https://t.co/aCDXQhRcJS

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