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Maryland to parents: immunize kids or get sent to jail

Posted: Nov 16th 2007 7:30PM by Brian White
Filed under: Health in the Media

I was absolutely astonished to see that the state of Maryland wants to arrest parents who refuse to have their kids immunized for various childhood diseases.

Apparently, a medical police state mentality has taken over some thinking in some states and parent's rights have been shoved aside. While immunizations are very helpful to many kids who are in daily contact with other kids, should parents be forced to have their kids get those shots?

What do you think? There are positives to both sides of the argument here, but one erases a part of the culture that defines America -- free choice in the democratic way.

Tags: immunization, jail time, JailTime, kids, Maryland, parents

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11-17-2007 @ 2:55AM

cboeman said...

police state is coming...this stuff's just the beginning...

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