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Why Trading Rights for “Safety” is a Bad Idea

It’s a scary world we live in sometimes. Over the last several years, I’ve observed something interesting. There’s been a much greater “fear-panic-appeal to authority” cycle happening than in the past. It’s by no means the first time it has occurred (polio in the 1950s comes to mind), but it’s happening more frequently and more […]...

April 28, 2016 6:31PM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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Why We Protect Religious Exemptions to Vaccines: Part 3

by Valerie Borek, Esq. Our three-part series reviews the many important reasons that we protect religious exemptions to vaccines. In Part 1, we discuss the myriad ways that their denial offends the Constitution. In Part 2, we draw a powerful analogy to forced sterilization to illustrate a very slippery slope when we permit governments to […]...

April 21, 2016 2:02PM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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Why We Protect Religious Exemptions to Vaccines: Part 2

In Part 1, we reviewed the ample and robust Constitutional support for religious exemptions. Now that we remember we have a Constitution, let’s look at what it’s protecting us from. And in Part 3, we explore more reasonable steps that can be taken before resorting to the most restrictive and extreme action: the removal of liberty and […]...

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Why We Protect Religious Exemptions to Vaccines: Part 1

by Valerie Borek, Esq. Our three-part series reviews the many important reasons that we protect religious exemptions to vaccines. In Part 1, we discuss the myriad ways that their denial offends the Constitution. In Part 2, we draw a powerful analogy to forced sterilization to illustrate a very slippery slope when we permit governments to […]...

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