Vaccination Bills Popping Up In Over 15 States As Lawmakers Aim To Create Religious Exemptions From Immunization Mandates

The AP (1/27, Haigh, Shastri) reports, “Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots.” According to the AP, “religious exemptions for school vaccine requirements are among the most popular proposals so far.” Legislators “in New York, Virginia, Connecticut and Mississippi have introduced bills that would allow more people to waive routine shots.” Meanwhile, “Indiana lawmakers will weigh religious exemptions for medical students.”