[Jan_Sobieski]

So the state does own the child?

A God fearing Christian, conservative, gun owning, freedom loving, small government, family does research and finds that there is concern about a particular vaccine at a particular age. They are criminals for choosing to postpone the vaccine until the child is older?

Did someone teleport me back to 1953 Soviet Union?

[Qiviut]

Gardasil for HPV comes to mind .... big pharma wanted it mandated - $$ for them. This is sexually transmitted, not airborne. There was a lot of concern about the vaccine .... then Rick Perry goes and mandates it for TX via executive order. I do not trust the drug companies and politicians - this is why I think parents should make the choices.

That being said, you don’t vaccinate your kid, then you are responsible for the consequences of that choice, one of which may be that your kid can’t go to public schools, etc.

(Link: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16948093/ns/health-childrens_health/t/texas-governor-orders-std-vaccine-all-girls/ )