All vaccines carry risks, some causing severe adverse events resulting in Autism and death. Case and point are Hannah Poling, Bailey Banks, Eric Lassiter, & Richelle Oxley. All these children were harmed by their vaccines and it was proven in court that their vaccination was the cause of their injury.

Now is the time to demand Conscientious Exemption. Parents should have a right to decide what is right for their children. Just look at the tragedy that is unfolding with the 15 people nationwide who have died when they received contaminated fungal steroids for their back pains.

2 Corinthians 2:11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us : for we are not ignorant of his devices.

There are parents whose religious beliefs are in conflict with vaccinations for themselves and their children, and will need to go through many trials and tribulations to get a Religious Exemption. This bill makes filing for an exemption an expensive cost to the Taxpayer and State, requiring applicants to obtain doctor counseling, attorney services, as well as foot notary expenses.

It is un-clear, who will be processing the Religious Exemptions, and when they do so, will they deny the Religious Exemption, because they do not like what is contained in their Religious Exemption or their religious beliefs, and thus violate that individuals First Amendment.

Hi, Adam. I am confused about your comment about the Hannah Poling, Bailey Banks, etc. cases being based on defunct law. Those cases were settled rather recently. The decision from one case does not negate the decisions of other cases. I would ask you to cite the scientific research you have mentioned in your post, however, this blog was not intended to touch upon autism causation. I had hoped the focus would be on S1759 and how it seeks to constrain religious freedom.

I didn't want to bore anyone with the details but you can start with these:

1. ^ a b "Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2008-08-22. Archived from the original on 2008-04-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20080407015528/http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/mmr_autism_factsheet.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
2. ^ a b Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism. From the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Report dated May 17, 2004. Retrieved June 13, 2007.
3. ^ a b "MMR The facts". NHS Immunisation Information. 2004. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4002972. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
4. ^ a b c Demicheli V, Jefferson T, Rivetti A, Price D (2005). Demicheli, Vittorio. ed. "Vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella in children". Cochrane Database Syst Rev 19 (4): CD004407. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD004407.pub2. PMID 16235361. Lay summary – Press release (2005-10-19).[dead link]

FWIW Wakefield never said MMR causes autism. What he said was in the 12 subjects he was dealing with, all were autistic, all had gastrointestinal distress, and what he observed when scoping them was that all had the vaccine strain of measles in their gut. He said further inquiry was warranted.

But let's just say the Wakefield case was not a witchunt. That involves one vaccine. So does the Wakeield case somehow vindicate all the others. We do not have one study showing the cumulative effect of all the vaccines given to children in NJ is safe. They are studied individually...not together as is done with medicines.

Not to bore you but here is some interesting reading:
http://www.northeastern.edu/news/2011/01/deth-2/

Adam,

I was just wondering how safe you think it is to vaccinate those with inflammatory disease given the shots are designed to cause an immune response that could harm them. That never really gets discussed. Beyond that I will stay quiet as this is really about the erosion of religious rights and the decision that science, settled or not, trumps religion in a country that was once free.

To Adam Abbott I say:
Proverbs 15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife:but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife

Mathew 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

To Nancy Potts I say:

Proverbs 19:9
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.

Adam:
Re: First amendment to the US Constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”

Then I guess they should stop supporting vaccinism as a religion. It is government mandated, immune from liability, and funded by the government. If this law takes effect it will be the established religion of NJ as the government would destroy the ability for folks to have any other religious thought.

1) It's a fact that vaccinating has saved millions of lives over the last century.
2) It is also a fact that when one doesn't vaccinate they are not only putting their own child at risk they are putting countless others around them in danger.
3) Do vaccines have dangerous side effects? absolutely but the risk is extremely small and far outweighed by the health benefits. Life is filled with many risks which we must weigh constantly. Getting into a car is a far riskier action than vaccinating your child and most of us do it quite often.
4) Autism is not caused by vaccinating. This myth was completely debunked. I am not sure why it persists.
5) I don't see how this law is unfairly targeting religious people. If a religion believed that occassionally one should get drunk and drive around their neighborhood would you feel that was something you would be ok with? I doubt it. One should be free to practice their religion but when religious beliefs put my children at risk I think it is appropriate for the government to take action. I am a firm supporter of the establishment clause but I don't see how this in any way violates it.

I appreciate your comments, Ms. Bauder. I do not agree with your analogies likening refusing vaccination to the physical act of driving, or driving drunk, however. Some people of faith have a genuine concern about some of the ingredients in vaccines. I don't fault you for not knowing about this. Very few people are aware of the components used to make vaccines. A growing number of children and adults are developing allergies to components of these vaccines, too. Just as it is not the fault of an immuno-compromised person that they are immunocompromised, it is also not the fault of those allergic to certain vaccines, that they are allergic to them. It is my opinion that no person should feel they owe a debt to society so great that they should bring harm to themselves, or reject their firmly held religious principles by injecting objectionable material into their persons (such as aborted fetal tissue, and pig cells.) I do not think that my government should be in the business of mandating medicine that is capable of injuring and even killing some for the benefit of others. I believe medicine should be practiced by doctors and not by elected officials. But, that is just my opinion, and you are certainly entitled to yours. The things you mention in your post may be facts to you, but understand that they may not be facts to others. Vaccines do not kill the germs around us as they are neither bactericial nor virucidal.

#2 is not a fact. If vaccination works the vaccinated should be protected. For the immune compromised who cannot be vaccinated, proper quarantining of the unvaccinated if they are at risk for the disease is reasonable. However, the recent outbreaks occurred among the vaccinated so now what? Use the same ineffective shot???

#3: The risk is high considering the one size fits all schedule and the doctors not reading the inserts, acknowledging side effects or knowing how to treat or report them and I am not talking about autism.

#4: Why bother discussing. If you say it it must be so. NOT.

#5: There will be no choice in diety or beliefs if this passes. SAD.

Gayle - your moral relativism has no place in a debate. If you want to run around and testify and speak in tongues fine but you cannot factually dispute what Anna B wrote. You cannot have your own facts since you believe them sorry-- you are entitled to your own beliefs and to be wrong and to take pascals wager and practice religion and believe in the tooth fairy but it does not change the fact that vaccinations do not cause autism.

Adam Abbot, is it one "t" at the end of your name, now, instead of two? Interesting. Regardless, I never said that vaccines cause autism. Not once. As you do not know me, you cannot possibly judge what is in my heart and soul. That is between me and God. I wish you the best. I truly do. This article is about the great need for religious freedom in our country, and the great desire many people have for our legislators to preserve it on our behalf.

Adam,
I don't see anywhere where Gayle said vaccines cause autism. You seem to be so sure those who refuse vaccination on religious grounds or those who have allergic reactions (something Gail actually mentioned in response to Anna B.) do so because of a fear of autism. The manufacturers of vaccinations acknowledge allergic reactions. We currently have no screening process to determine who will be allergic and some of those reactions are quite serious...serious enough to at least equate the legal concern for those persons to the immune-compromised. Why is it so wrong to want the health of the allergic also to be supported in healthcare law? Is it your desire for Eugenics to be the rule of the day? Why is it so bizarre to ask for that so that the shots are given more accurately. Better yet, why do we keep highly allergic materials in the shots when we bothered to take aluminum, for instance, out of pet vaccinations years ago? Fido has more of a say than the autistic, the allergic and the religious combined (not that these groups do not intermingle) in NJ at this point.

To Anna, I never responded to your #1 comment because the facts are not so simple. Your statement assumes the same set of circumstances over decades and no treatment improvements, no sanitation improvements, etc. I don't feel comfortable responding. I can say that God has saved a lot more lives than any manmade invention.

Gayle - I thnk you misunderstood my comment. First I have total respect for other people's religious beliefs even (and maybe especially) when they differ from my own. I wouldn't dream of telling people whether their religious beliefs were valid or not. That being said I have to say that while I think religious freedom is important I do think that there are limits to it, much like there are limits to freedom of speech. One can not go into a crowded movie theater and yell fire or incite others to violence. Both are considered limits to the freedom of speech b/c they can lead to others being harmed. The fact is whether you want to accept that or not that medical proffessionals view not vaccinating as a danger to others around them. Its not something that is up for debate within the medical community. You may not like that but its the truth. Now to me if you want to forego vaccinating or forego any medical procedure on religious grounds that is your choice and you should be free to do it as long as it only affects you. But when it starts affecting my family then I feel its not only appropriate but its required that the government intervene. Also no one is forcing you to do anything. If you want to live in isolation and home school your children no one will care if you vaccinate them or not but once you choose to join society and send your children to public schools then things change.

Lisa - the cdc has this to say about the misconceptions you mentioned about vaccinating:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/6mishome.htm

As for the connection between autism and vaccinating the reason I said its been debunked is because that myth was started by one study that was later shown to have been completely invalid and despite repeated attempts by various different groups to reproduce its result they could not be reproduced. Finally after much study the medical community announced that there was just no credible scientific evidence saying that there was any link between autism and vaccinating.
But none of that matters. If you think that its in God's hands what difference does any of this make? You don't need to justify your religious beliefs scientifically. In fact you don't have to justify your religious beliefs period.

Good morning, Anna. What I meant to convey in my prior post is that germs are abundant everywhere in our environment. Germs are on every single surface we touch, in every single breath of air we inhale, and in the soil, too. Not long ago research was done in Texas that found 1,800 microbes in air samples, way more than expected. The act of vaccination, even if a person believes it is the greatest achievement of our time, will do absolutely nothing to kill any of the multitude of circulating germs around us at any given time. Unvaccinated children and people are not driving the incidence of bacterial and viral infections, the germs are, regardless of a person's vaccination status. It is a miracle that all of us are not sick every single day of our lives considering the germs we inhale and touch, and ingest on a daily basis. Additionally, we are all carriers of our own, unique brew of microorganisms up our very nostrils. Vaccinations that are taken, do nothing to kill those germs we sneeze out into the world. A person could be vaccinated against meningitis, be a carrier for meningitis, and still pass that dreaded disease onto another. It is a true fact that the world is a very germy place. Government vaccine mandates will do nothing to stop germs from circulating. Here is a link to the microbe article I mentioned: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/12/061219170636.htm

Vaccines are and always will be controversial. There are many cases to be made for and against them. But it cannot be denied that they have been a God sent aid in saving countless lives. I cannot be denied that they have also hurt others either through adverse reactions or dangerous chemicals (mercury). Science and relgion have always been at odds and science has one many battles in this regard. From the earth being flat to being the center of the universe. From evilution to six days to create earth. One must consider the other constantly. I wasn't crazy and still am not happy giving these kids so many shots. it used to be one and a booster your done. Now it's constant. Must be the money involved now. Not sure I'd be too happy sending my kid to a school that had kids that didn't get their polio vaccines tho. We need more scientific info before cutting religions loose on kids that cohabitate.