What it always boils down to is government control. In this case, the parents are demanding THIER rights to vaccinate their child. THEIR RIGHTS??? What I see & hear is "I care more about MY rights then the safety of my child."
Bring your unvaccinated kid anywhere [home schooled even] and if he/she has measels and passes it on YOU should be liable for the damage done to every other child/person.
When "My rights" infringes on the rights of others,by NOT vaccinating your brat, you are a danger to society.
This is one time I feel government control IS the right thing to do. Forcing the self-righteous parents to vaccinate is constructive, logical, practical and efficient.
If I had a day care center, DON'T bring your unvaccinated kid to my premises.
Measels KILLS and you don't get autism from vaccinating.
Get a life and think of your kids safety FIRST and not your [in this case] selfish pride in damanding YOUR rights superceding and overshadowing your own flesh & blood --- YOUR CHILDS LIFE.

It's comin'. It passed the Health Committee yesterday. This should be very entertaining!!!

I appreciate all the replies! I have learned so much about this subject of vaccines over the past decade. But, the question here is one about the application of force. I know this is tough, especially for Objectivists who believe that there is zero risk with vaccines, and that there are only benefits. Some may even believe that vaccines may not protect them from the unvaccinated. I know people are very afraid these days, based on what we see in the news. But, this is a very important milestone for our nation, and few in the general public even know it's happening.

Once again, thanks. I sincerely hope that the little ones in your lives have great health and a strong start to their own lives. They only get one shot.

I see this the same way I see helmet laws. I don't think it should be a law. I wear a helmet every single time I ride because I choose to, the fact that I'm complying with it as a law is a bit irrelevant. I don't think it should be a law. I also vaccinate my kid for everything under the sun as soon as able, but I don't think it should be a law.
If you want to paint your brain on the highway, or let your kids die of horrible preventable disease, well, I guess it's chlorine in the gene pool.

A few centuries ago, these guys brain brothers would have passed a law requiring forced bleeding with leeches. The hubris of "modern" medicine is getting downright dangerous, especially since there is a difference of opinion about the source and treatment of disease. A la Pasteur, disease is caused by germs, while others say that disease is caused by an imbalance in the body, and the germs are opportunistic organisms showing up AFTER the disease has appeared. In the former, a vaccine is required to fight the disease. In the latter, building one's immune system is required to fight the disease. Until that argument is scientifically settled (not asserted by so-called scientists), this law should be resisted by every means necessary.

Remember context...When we have so much corruption between public officials and corporate cronies, the weaponization of gov't bureaus against people for political beliefs, so many personal, political and corporate agendas, so many mandates that life in the USA is starting to look like a series of toll-booths--Do you really want the Untouchables to have this kind of power over your/your family's health? Really? You trust them that much??

This is not the proper role of government in a free society.

I think that parents should discuss each of the vaccines' necessities and appropriateness for them/their kids as individuals. If they decide to skip a vaccine and the child gets sick, they should keep them away from other children anyway--and not get threatening calls from the school about truancy, which only encourages attendance while sick.

A little research will turn up how many of these diseases were significantly reduced prior to the massive vaccine campaigns, by 1) careful monitoring of immigrants' health, prior to admission to the country; 2) by increased sanitation and nutrition, thanks to capitalism; and 3) by increasing public awareness and gaining a better understanding of how diseases were spread. Kids who get many of these diseases in our country now do not suffer the same long-term effects as those in 3rd world countries, where nutrition is inadequate and sanitation, unheard-of.

One last thing...If the people making these decisions to put something directly into your/your kids' bloodstream really, truly cared about your health, why would they not only be allowing unvaccinated and actively diseased people into our country--but actually knowingly placing them throughout communities, without a care to the rest of us?

NOTHING should be Forced, and that would include vaccinations.

HOWEVER, That ought not relieve the responsibility for the possible effects of not being vaccinated and supposedly infecting another. So then we enter the jungle of legalese!

So then appears the problem of Truth -- we so often don't have it, or often cannot know what IS the truth, especially these days!

There's a facet to this discussion that almost nobody ever mentions. I have found that many people can't even comprehend it, curiously. I'll mention it later. I enjoy hearing from fellow Objectivists on this application of force. I see it as a major turning point in our history. Thanks for the responses.

Expect a lawsuit and injunction filed against it within minutes of passage.

Just when do individual rights trump individual rights? Given your child is the source of infection of my child, expect a lawsuit if you failed to take appropriate defensive action. Given the vaccine is the source of the damage to or death of my child, expect retribution against the perpetrator. Given the state of the democracy and subjugation of individual rights to government controls, IN THE INTERIM, I favor compulsory vaccinations (with medical exemptions and isolation of infections). -- [Imagine if Walmart were to demand proof of vaccination at its doors?]