After standing for hours in a chilling rain outside the New Jersey statehouse,
concerned parents and others gathered in protest of an impending vote by
lawmakers on the bill NJS2173, were handed a minimal victory Monday
when the bill failed to pass the Senate. However, Senate President Stephen
Sweeney still plans to try and pass the bill again in the near future.
Sweeney still plans to try and pass the bill again in the near future.
Protesters outside the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton yesterday.
Photo credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/North Jersey.com
NJS2173 which would eliminate the religious exemption for
mandatory childhood exemptions, is a controversial measure
that lawmakers want to pass in the wake of the recent measles
outbreaks in New Jersey and New York.
One of the bill's sponsors, Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg,
told reporters, "They have no science upon which to base their
ideas and there is no religion that bans giving vaccinations."
By the way, this is the same lawmaker who several years
ago proposed a bill to keep track of all homeschooling
families and groups in the Garden State.
By the way, this is the same lawmaker who several years
ago proposed a bill to keep track of all homeschooling
families and groups in the Garden State.
According to the website, Stand For Health Freedom,
many vaccine ingredients used today are derived from "pig and cow products,
including amino acids glycerol, detergents, gelatin, enzymes and blood.
including amino acids glycerol, detergents, gelatin, enzymes and blood.
Other childhood vaccines are produced on human cell lines
(WI-38) and (MCR-5) originated from terminated pregnancies.
These include MMR, Varivax, Pentacel, Havrix, Vaqta, Twinrix,and Proquad. "
Under the proposed NJS2173 bill, if parents or individuals were
to object to these vaccinations for religious reasons, they would be
forced to inject them into their children or their children will
not be allowed to attend public school in this state.
The United States Constitution protects the right of all American
citizens to freedom of worship, without hindrance or intervention
of the government. And this includes refusing mandatory vaccinations-
not only due to religious reasons- but I think more importantly,
with concern that the ingredients used in them might
cause adverse and irreversible side effects.
of the government. And this includes refusing mandatory vaccinations-
not only due to religious reasons- but I think more importantly,
with concern that the ingredients used in them might
cause adverse and irreversible side effects.
Vaccines are based on the greater good theory. Would you still like to have polio around? The flue from pneumonia killed thousands if not a million in 29. I say this as a grandfather of of a 4 year old boy who apparently developed his autism shortly after receiving shots required to enter school in two years. His parents believe it to be receiving MMR vaccines,cause and effect perhaps. Nice article. J.C. I believe the statte should not be able to force vaccines on anyone.
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