Media Coverage of CA SB277
There has been media coverage of SB277 in California. Visit the Education for All website for continuing updates.
New Vaccination Law Takes Effect
San Diego Union Tribune - Opponents try to block California vaccination law as school starts
Families sending their children back to schools across California face a new requirement mired in a volatile interplay of religious liberties, individual choice and government efforts to protect the public’s health: They can no longer sidestep vaccination requirements by citing their personal beliefs against immunization.
California joins Mississippi and West Virginia as the only states in the nation that ban students from enrolling in public and private schools unless a doctor certifies that a child has a medical condition making vaccination too risky.
If parents lack documents proving their children have been inoculated against 10 designated diseases, from chickenpox to tetanus, those students will be barred from school. Some of those kids might be offered a 30-day grace period if they are in the process of getting caught up with their shots...
Ed Source Judge Will Wait Before Ruling on Request to Stop New Vaccination Law
A federal judge in San Diego on Friday said he will take at least a week before ruling on a request to temporarily stop California’s new vaccination law, an unwelcome delay for vaccination opponents seeking a speedy injunction that would allow students who don’t meet vaccination requirements to start the new school year.
Judge Dana Sabraw said he was aware of the urgency of his ruling and asked about start dates for California schools, according to courtroom observers. Some schools in California have already opened their doors and the Los Angeles Unified School District, the largest district in the state, will begin school Aug. 16. Sabraw said he would likely issue a ruling the week of Aug. 22.
Rebecca Estepp, spokeswoman for Education 4 All, a Sacramento-based advocacy group that requested the temporary restraining order as part of its lawsuit seeking to overturn the law, called the delay “unfortunate” but somewhat understandable. “It’s a complicated topic,” she said. She described Sabraw’s manner during the oral arguments as “very thorough and very thoughtful” and said, “It was a fair hearing.”
ABC San Diego Opponents Look to Halt School Vaccine Law
SAN DIEGO - A federal judge is taking his time in deciding whether to force millions of California children to get vaccinated before going back to school.
Opponents of a state law that requires nearly all schoolchildren to be vaccinated against diseases such as measles and whooping cough took their case to court Friday.
The group asked a judge in U.S. District Court in San Diego to put a temporary restraining order on a law that took effect July 1, requiring parents to vaccinate their children before they can be enrolled in school.
CBS San Diego
Vaccination Law Hearing In San Diego as Parents Fight for Injunction
SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - The fight over California's controversial law requiring nearly all public school children be vaccinated is not over.
A hearing was held in San Diego on Friday and a judge is now deciding whether to halt the vaccine requirement.
Senate Bill 277 was approved last May and would prohibit parents from seeking vaccine exemptions for their children because of religious or personal beliefs.
SB277 by Democratic senators Ben Allen of Santa Monica and Richard Pan of Sacramento would make medical waivers available only for children who have health problems, forcing un-vaccinated children to be home schooled.
NBC San Diego
Opponents Challenge California’s Vaccination Law
A new law requiring all students in California to be vaccinated will be the subject of a legal challenge Friday afternoon in San Diego. It is a time sensitive hearing, as students head back to school over the next few weeks.
Senate Bill 277 went into effect July 1, repealing the state's personal belief exemption, which had allowed students to opt out of getting vaccinated.
People need to do what the totalitarians' regime`s fear most and MASS REFUSAL, and don't inject it ,and stay at home no point in trying to teach kids who because of vaccines have scrambled up brains ,no fault of theirs.
MMR RIP
Posted by: ANGUS FILES | August 19, 2016 at 03:42 AM
From Jon Rappoport:
https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2016/08/15/orwellian-ca-bill-reporters-cant-post-undercover-videos/
This bill (making it illegal to post illegally obtained recordings?):
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1671
specifically refers to health care providers:
"This bill additionally would make it a crime for a person who unlawfully eavesdrops upon or records a confidential communication as described above with a health care provider, as defined, to intentionally disclose or distribute the contents of the confidential communication without the consent of all parties to the confidential communication unless specified conditions are met. The bill would not apply if the confidential communication is disclosed solely to law enforcement for investigative purposes."
My understanding of legalese doesn't get me far, as far as I can tell. While making it a crime to disseminate illegally obtained recordings, does that last sentence actually also legalize undisclosed recordings of health care providers "solely to law enforcement for investigative purposes?" Maybe IOW, to allow monitoring of vaccine advice, administration, etc?
Posted by: Jeannette Bishop | August 18, 2016 at 05:34 PM
We can only hope that sanity prevails in California. This fight will not end until our rights and freedoms are restored.
Posted by: Ted Kuntz | August 18, 2016 at 09:59 AM