This bill goes beyond abortion-related care by granting minors the ability to consent to all forms of preventative care, including vaccinations and sterilization, without parental consent or knowledge, and lacks age or mental capacity guidelines for such decisions.
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Legislators in Massachusetts Have Proposed Highly Controversial Changes to Massachusetts Law – English Legislators have introduced bills that would make significant and highly controversial changes to Massachusetts vaccination laws. These proposals include: S.1618 – Presented by Senator Rausch, which allows minors to consent to all preventative medical care, including vaccinations, without parental involvement and creates a
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This dangerous 9-page bill impacts EEC programs, K-12 schools, and colleges, allowing minors to consent to all preventative care without parental consent. Private programs/schools can refuse religious exemptions, impose additional vaccines, and more!
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The proposed bill bans the sale of competitive foods and non-sweetened carbonated water with certain artificial dyes (Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6) in public schools, with exclusions for fundraisers, events, and after school hours.
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The proposed bills remove the religious exemption for vaccinations required to attend public, private and charter K-12 schools in Massachusetts. It also mandates the reporting and annual publication of immunization data by school and district.
This bill expands anti-discrimination laws in education by adding “special medical status” as a protected category, ensuring individuals aren’t excluded based on medical conditions or health choices, and promoting equal educational opportunities for all students.
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The proposed Massachusetts bill allows K-12 students to receive a medical vaccine exemption if a physician certifies it would harm the child, based on clinical judgment, while protecting physicians from disciplinary action. Religious exemptions remain intact.
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