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California Considering Nixing Vaccination Opt-Out

02-05-2015
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Lawmakers in California are proposing legislation that would make it harder for parents to opt-out of vaccinating their children.

The measure would no longer allow parents to cite personal beliefs or religious reasons to send unvaccinated kids to private and public schools.

"As a pediatrician I have personally witnessed children suffering lifelong injury or death from vaccine-preventable infection," Dr. Richard Pan, one of the state legislators in favor of the measure, said.

The move comes after a measles outbreak where dozens of people were infected. Health officials believe it began at Disneyland.

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