This is a dramatic sudden push for less individual freedom, especially when no epidemic is present. New Jersey has the largest percentage of vaccine compliance than any other state, and they require more vaccines than any other state. Interestingly, they have the highest autism rate of any other state as well. A rush to force the remaining small percentage to vaccinate seems hasty.
BY LOUISE KUO HABAKUS
People do not opt out of vaccination lightly. They do so for reasons that define who they are.
NEW Jersey’s lawmakers want to make it harder for parents to opt out of vaccines. This is a very bad idea. It erodes our rights and promotes increased government intrusion into our private religious, parental and medical affairs. The bill is discriminatory, dangerous and expensive. And it won’t work.
Government shouldn’t judge whether our religious beliefs are sincere. Government shouldn’t prohibit religious beliefs from addressing issues of safety, cleanliness or bodily integrity. Government shouldn’t compel citizens to choose a religion and stick to it forever. And government shouldn’t require someone else to approve our beliefs in order to make them legitimate.
And yet, these things are precisely what Trenton wants to do…
