MA May End Religious Vax Exemptions For Students

Axios reports:

Beacon Hill is wading into the tumultuous territory of school vaccine requirements as lawmakers vet proposals to tighten school precautions against future outbreaks. The Public Health Committee meets Wednesday to consider a handful of vaccine bills, including legislation to completely eliminate the state’s religious exemption option and to standardize the student vaccine exemption system.

Vaccine mandates for children have always been a political minefield. Even Democrats in favor of the bills know they will be bombarded by comments from vaccine opponents if they come up for votes. Rep. Andy Vargas [photo], the sponsor of a bill to eliminate the religious exemption, told Axios the state has a responsibility to protect immunocompromised children from unvaccinated students.

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Massachusetts would become the seventh state to only allow medical exemptions for K-12 student vaccine requirements. https://t.co/gwhsWQF0I6

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