RE: Abstaining from Vaccination should NOT be a right
February 27, 2012 at 11:40 am
(This post was last modified: February 27, 2012 at 11:41 am by The Grand Nudger.)
"the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1905, upheld the authority of states to enforce compulsory vaccination laws. The Court's decision articulated the view that the freedom of the individual must sometimes be subordinated to the common welfare and is subject to the police power of the state." -bolding is mine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobson_v._Massachusetts
"States in the U.S. mandate immunization"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_vaccination
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobson_v._Massachusetts
"States in the U.S. mandate immunization"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_vaccination
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