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Friends,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I wanted to share this disturbing article of what the progressive liberals are up in their attempt to erode parental control.\u00a0\u00a0Now more than ever, we need to be diligent in fighting back.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n God bless,<\/span><\/p>\n Charlice Byrd<\/span><\/p>\n —<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Preteens may be vaxed without parents under California bill<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n By DON THOMPSON<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) \u2014 California would allow children age 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents\u2019 consent, the youngest age of any state, under a proposal late Thursday by a state senator.<\/span><\/p>\n Alabama allows such decisions at age 14, Oregon at 15, Rhode Island and South Carolina at 16, according to Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco who is proposing the change. Only Washington, D.C., has a lower limit, at age 11.<\/span><\/p>\n Wiener argued that California already allows those 12 and up to consent to the Hepatitis B and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, and to treatment for sexually transmitted infections, substance abuse and mental health disorders.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cGiving young people the autonomy to receive life-saving vaccines, regardless of their parents\u2019 beliefs or work schedules, is essential for their physical and mental health,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s unconscionable for teens to be blocked from the vaccine because a parent either refuses or cannot take their child to a vaccination site.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Wiener\u2019s bill would lift the parental requirement for that age group for any vaccine that has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/span><\/p>\n That includes immunizations against the coronavirus, but Wiener said vaccine hesitancy and misinformation has also deterred vaccinations against measles and other contagious diseases that can then spread among youths whose parents won\u2019t agree to have them vaccinated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n California Gov. Gavin Newsom in October announced the nation\u2019s first coronavirus vaccine\u00a0<\/span>mandate for schoolchildren<\/span><\/a>. But it likely won\u2019t take effect until later this year and allows exemptions for medical reasons, religious and personal beliefs \u2014 though lawmakers may try to limit non-medical reasons.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Wiener\u2019s legislation is permissive, not a mandate, but any vaccination legislation has been hugely controversial in California and elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n Even before the pandemic, busloads of opponents filled the Capital and lined up for hours to protest bills lifting religious and personal beliefs for the 10 vaccines already required of school children.<\/span><\/p>\n And in September,\u00a0<\/span>more than a thousand people<\/span><\/a>\u00a0rallied outside the state Capitol to oppose vaccine mandates, even though lawmakers had postponed their consideration of legislation requiring that workers either be vaccinated or get weekly coronavirus testing to keep their jobs.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis to me seems to be another example of Democrats wanting to remove parents from the equation,\u201d said Republican Assemblyman James Gallagher. \u201cI think that\u2019s flawed policy. I think parents are vital to these decisions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n However, he thinks Wiener may have difficulty even in a Legislature overwhelmingly controlled by Democrats.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI think there will be bipartisan support for the proposition that parents should be involved in their kids\u2019 health care decisions, in deciding what types of medical care and drugs they should be taking,\u201d Gallagher said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n On Wednesday, Wiener and other Democratic lawmakers announced that they have formed a \u201cwork group\u201d to examine ways to promote vaccines and fight misinformation.<\/span><\/p>\n Members include Sen. Richard Pan, a pediatrician who authored previous vaccine legislation; Sen. Josh Newman; and Assembly members Dr. Akilah Weber, Buffy Wicks, Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, and Evan Low.<\/span><\/p>\n Wiener, joined by Pan, planned a news conference about his SB866 Friday alongside San Francisco\u2019s public health director, Dr. Grant Colfax, and several school children.<\/span><\/p>\n Wiener held out the examples of children who may want to get vaccinated because they currently are barred from participating in sports, band or other activities because their parents either won\u2019t or can\u2019t get them vaccinated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Children age 5 and up are currently eligible for coronavirus vaccines, but 28.6% of those in California ages 12-17 remain unvaccinated \u2014 more than 900,000 of an eligible population of more than 3 million, or more than one in four, Wiener said.<\/span><\/p>\n He said those 12 and up can also consent to abortions in California, though in that case lawmakers in 1987 passed a law that would have required minors to get their parents\u2019 consent absent a medical emergency or a judge\u2019s permission. But that\u00a0<\/span>law was overturned<\/span><\/a>\u00a0by the state Supreme Court.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Friends,\u00a0 I wanted to share this disturbing article of what the progressive liberals are up in their attempt to erode parental control.\u00a0\u00a0Now more than ever, we need to be diligent in fighting back.\u00a0\u00a0 God bless, Charlice Byrd —\u00a0 Preteens may be vaxed without parents under California bill By DON THOMPSON SACRAMENTO, Calif. 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