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Legislators in Kansas are pushing bills to expand exemptions for school vaccines, allowing religious exemptions for all vaccine requirements without families having to provide any proof of their beliefs. Similar bills are being introduced around the nation.
Fewer than 10% of the bills will likely gain any traction, but the volume of attempts to roll back vaccine requirements is alarming, according to experts.
Not long ago, Kansas showed strong bipartisan support for vaccines as a tool to support a robust public health system. But bills with language expanding religious exemptions for childhood vaccine requirements were passed by the state Senate in March and now face the House when the legislature reconvenes April 25. They are among the more […]
Legislators are pushing bills to expand exemptions for vaccines, allowing religious exemptions for all vaccine requirements in the state's schools without having to provide any proof of their beliefs.
Not long ago, Kansas showed strong bipartisan support for vaccines as a tool to support a robust public health system.