FIERCE OPPOSITION, NEW
JERSEY IS CLOSE TORE REMOVING
RELIGION AS A RECOGNIZED
REASON NOT TO VACCINATE
CHILDREN.
ANTI VACCINATION
PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE
THE STATE HOUSE IN TRENTON
TODAY AS LAWMAKERS VOTED ON
THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE.
"EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORT
ARE CLEVE BRYAN WAS THERE.
REPORTER: WITH MEGA
PHONES... AND WHISTLES, AND
LOUD CHANTS HUNDREDS OF
DEMONSTRATORS STAGED AN EAR
SPLITTING PROTEST OUTSIDE OF
THE STATE HOUSE IN TRENTON, ON
THURSDAY TO PROTECT THEIR
RIGHTS IN THE TO VACCINATE
THEIR CHILDREN.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE TRYING OUR
HARDEST TO BE HARD SO WE CAN
BE HEARD.
REPORTER: SENATE BILL 2173
AND COMPANION BILL THAT PASSED
THE FULL ASSEMBLY LAST MONTH
WOULD DO AWAY WITH RELIGIOUS
EXCEPTION FROM HIS
SCHOOL-RELATED VACCINES.
HEALTH OFFICIALS AND
POLITICIANS EXPLAIN EXPLOSION
OF THE PARENTS USING
EXCEPTIONS FOR DECLINING RATES
OF THE VACCINATION
PARTICIPATION AND MEASLES
OUTBREAKS.
THE RELIANCE EXCEPTION WAS
SO BIG, AND SO WIDE THAT IT
WAS MEANINGLESS.
REPORTER: MAJORITY LEADER
LORETTA WEINBERG IS ONE OF THE
BILL'S SPONSORS.
SHE SAYS DESPITE VOCAL
OPPONENTS OUTSIDE MEDICAL,
PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITIES,
BROADLY SUPPORT MANDATORY
VACCINATIONS FOR SCHOOL
CHILDREN.
A VACCINATION PARTICIPATION
RATES CONTINUE TO DECLINE
STATE COULD SEE MORE AND MORE
CHILDREN GET SICK FROM
PREVENTABLE ILLNESSES.
WE, AS LEGISLATORS, AS A
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE
LARGER POPULATION.
REPORTER: LAST MONTH
PROTESTERS MANAGED TO STALL
THE BILL IN THE SENATE AND
LEAD ARE SHIP WAS NOT SURE IF
THEY WOULD HAVE ENOUGH VOTES
TO PASS IT.
IT WAS IN THE ON THURSDAY'S
VOTING SCHEDULED AND THEY WANT
TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS THAT
WAY.
PART OF OUR FREEDOM IS OUR
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
THAT WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO
DO AWAY WITH.
REPORTER: IT WAS NOT POSTED
ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
THERE IS ONE MORE VOTING
SESSION NEXT WEEK.
BILL SPONSOR LORETTA WEINBERG
