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To: cherry

ok. taken.

I’m a bit more convinced that THIS is a thing...

Bill Lets 11-Year-Olds Make Medical Decisions. Without Telling Parents.

The District of Columbia thinks children as young as 11 years old should be vaccinated without their parents’ consent—and the district has passed a bill to make this belief a reality. If the bill isn’t stopped by Congress, other states may soon follow the district’s example.

Home School Legal Defense Association does not hold a position on whether or not children should be vaccinated. We simply believe that parents should have the right to make that decision for their families, just as parents should have the right to direct the education of their children.

Just before Christmas, the DC Council passed bill 23-171.

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https://hslda.org/post/bill-lets-11-year-olds-make-medical-decisions-without-telling-parents

~Easy


955 posted on 02/18/2021 1:14:49 AM PST by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see #KAG)
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To: EasySt

The underlying assumption of that passed bill is that 11-18 year olds are competent to enter into binding contracts, which they are not by law. Under special circumstances some of that age cohort can achieve emancipatory release allowing such, but across the board that is not going to fly.


1,023 posted on 02/18/2021 9:31:51 AM PST by Axenolith (WWG1WGA!!!!)
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