A California measure that would allow children age 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents’ consent, including against the coronavirus, cleared its first legislative hurdle Thursday.
measure that would allow children age 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents’ consent, including against the coronavirus, cleared its first legislative hurdle Thursday.
Wiener’s proposal is perhaps the most contentious measure remaining from Democratic lawmakers’ once-ambitious agenda, after several other proposals lost momentum as the winter pandemic wave eased — although cases are climbing again. Wiener said his vaccine bill "is not a revolutionary idea. It builds on long-standing existing California law about the age of consent for receiving health care."
"We know vaccines save lives," testified Ani Chaglasian, an advocate with Teens for Vaccines. "Because I did not have the authority to vaccinate myself, I lost my job, summer internship, and was unable to see my grandma when she was intubated."Arin Parsa said he founded Teens for Vaccines in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic, during a measles outbreak. He urged lawmakers to pass the bill "so we can live without the fear of deadly diseases taking away our futures.
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