So, Nanny Perry issued a mandate to impose upon parents. Fortunately, public outcry forced him to withdraw the mandate.
Without getting into the extreme cases of parental neglect and such, I hope that parents can aways keep their sacred duty and responsibility to care for their children as they see fit - children are NOT products of the State (well, I know that depends on who you ask...).
The judgment of someone like Perry worries me, if he's willing to step into the parent-child bond like that, dispensing pharmaceuticals (vaccine) like that. One would think that someone would think twice before jumping on the mandate bandwagon for any medicine or treatment. I don't believe Perry is a MD.
Glad there were some awake Texans.
You don’t remember correctly. The Feds had already put the vaccine on the approved list for the Vaccines for Children program, which pays for vaccines through the age of 18, so that the only girls who would not receive the vaccine for free would be the ones whose insurance paid for mandated vaccines, but not optional vaccines. (The vaccine is now available for males 9 and up, also.)
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/immunize/tvfc/default.shtm
You also don’t remember that the same Executive Order directed the DSHS to make it easier for parents to opt out.
The DSHS has been given the authority by the Legislature to mandate vaccines, without any oversight by anyone else, except the Governor who appoints the Secretary. The Legislature meets for 4 months every 2 years, and could change that law or retroactively change a rule of the DSHS.