THE LAW ALLOWS IT BUT AS CBS2'S
JESSICA LAYTON TELLS US THE
FAMILY RISK TO THE DOCTOR DROP.
Reporter: SHOPPING AROUND
FOR A NEW PEDIATRICIAN THIS MOM
WITH A BABY ON THE WAY KNEW
SHE'D BE ASK ABOUT HEALTH
HISTORY.
NOW THIS QUESTION?
DO YOU VACCINATE YOUR
CHILDREN?
Reporter: HAS BECOME AN EVEN
MORE CRUCIAL PART OF THE
UPFRONT CONVERSATION BETWEEN A
PEDIATRICIAN AND PARENT.
WE ONLY TAKE PEOPLE THAT DO
VACCINATE.
Reporter: THE AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS IS SAYING
AS A LAST RESORT DOCTORS CAN
DISMISS A FAMILY FROM THEIR
PRACTICE IF THEY REFUSE
IMMUNIZATION.
IT'S A RESPONSE TO WHAT MOST
PEDIATRICIANS FIND TROUBLING.
INCREASING NUMBER OF PARENTS
WHO DON'T TRUST VACCINATIONS.
FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR,
CITING RELIGIOUS REASONS MORE
THAN 9500 KIDS GOT EXEMPTIONS
FROM VACCINES IN NEW JERSEY.
A JUMP OF NEARLY 600% FROM A
DECADE AGO.
IT'S HORRIBLE.
THAT'S REALLY TROUBLESOME TO
ME.
AS A PEDIATRICIAN AS WELL AS A
FATHER OF THREE CHILDREN.
Reporter: WE VISITED DR.
JEFF BINSTOCK OF PEDIATRIC CARE
ASSOCIATES.
WHERE THE POLICY IS CLEAR.
WE DON'T WANT PARENTS IN OUR
PRACTICE WITH CHILDREN THAT ARE
NOT VACCINATED ON TIME.
BECAUSE THAT LEADS TO A WHOLE
PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM.
HAVE YOU HAD TO TELL A
FAMILY YOU ARE NO LONGER
WELCOME HERE?
I HAVE.
AND THAT'S A VERY HARD THING.
YOU HAVE TO BE YOUR OWN
RESEARCHER.
Reporter: SHE IS A MOTHER OF
THREE INCLUDING TWO BOYS SHE
BELIEVES SUFFERED SERIOUS
LIFELONG HEALTH EFFECTS FROM
SHOTS THEY GOT WHEN THEY WERE
YOUNG.
SHE HAD A TOUGH TIME FINDING A
DOCTOR FOR 3-YEAR-OLD LEG WHO
IS NOT AND SHE STRESSES WILL
NOT BE VACCINATED.
IT WAS VERY HARD.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE BRAVE
ONES OUT THERE THAT ARE
ACTUALLY SAYING YOU CAN COME TO
ME AND I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH
YOU.
Reporter: AFTER A LOT OF
CALLS AND A LOT OF RESEARCH,
SHE DID FIND A HOLISTIC DOCTOR
FOR HER DAUGHTER.
STILL SHE CALLS THE NEW AAP
POLICY UNNECESSARY MEDICAL
COERCION.
AND WONDERS HOW MANY PHYSICIANS
ARE REALLY PRACTICING WHAT THEY
PREACH.
THE STUDIES ARE NOT DONE AND
THE SCIENCE IS NOT DONE.
AND THESE POOR DOCTORS HAVE
THEIR HANDS TIED.
Reporter: DR. BINSTOCK HOPES
TO HELP HESITANT PARENTS TALK
THROUGH THEIR FEARS AND SAYS
WHILE HIS HANDS ARE NOT TIED,
--
IF A PARENT DOESN'T BELIEVE
MY TRUST WITH HOW IMPORTANT
IMMUNIZATIONS ARE, HOW ARE THEY
GOING TO BELIEVE ME WITH
ANYTHING ELSE?
Reporter: HE IS BOUND TO
DOING WHAT HE BELIEVES IS BEST
