Monthly Archives: January 2015

Religious Exemptions: Abuse and Reform

Constitutional law and vaccines, Exemptions, Freedom of religion, School immunization requirements

This post and article document that people lie to get religious exemptions, and address the jurisprudence surrounding exemptions and possibilities for reform.

 

Blog post:

http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/religious-exemptions-vaccination-abuse-reform/

 

Full article:

http://www.hastingslawjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/Reiss-65.6.pdf

Response to Alan Phillips: Exemptions not Required

Anti-Vaccine, Constitutional law and vaccines, Exemptions, Freedom of religion, School immunization requirements

This is a response to comments by Attorney Alan Phillips and an explanation why religious – or philosophical – exemptions are not required under our constitutional framework:

http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2013/11/religious-exemptions-to-vaccine-mandates-and-the-law-where-are-we-where-can-we-go.html

Rights of the Unvaccinated Child 5:

Children's rights, Constitutional law and vaccines, Exemptions, Freedom of religion, Parental Rights, School immunization requirements

The fifth post in a series published with Shot of Prevention examining the tension between a child’s right to health and parental rights, and what can be done to protect children. This post looks at school immunization requirements and how they can protect children from non-vaccination.

 

http://shotofprevention.com/2014/03/20/rights-of-the-unvaccinated-child-the-role-of-school-immunization-requirements/

Rights of the Unvaccinated Child, 4:

Children's rights, Parental Rights,

The fourth post in a series published with Shot of Prevention examining the tension between a child’s right to health and parental rights, and what can be done to protect children. This post examines under what circumstances can parental rights be completely overcome: when can children be vaccinated in spite of parental resistance.

 

http://shotofprevention.com/2014/03/04/rights-of-the-unvaccinated-child-vaccinating-over-the-parents-will/

Rights of the Unvaccinated Child, 2:

Children's rights, Parental Rights, Tools to increase immunization rates, Tort Liability

The second post in a series published with Shot of Prevention examining the tension between a child’s right to health and parental rights, and what can be done to protect children. This post looks at whether children harmed by a preventable disease because the parent did not vaccinate them can sue the parent.

 

http://shotofprevention.com/2014/02/18/the-rights-of-the-unvaccinated-child-tort-liability/

Funding costs of outbreaks:

Tools to increase immunization rates

Explaining why those who choose not to vaccinate should pay for outbreaks caused by non-vaccination, and proposing a menu of options to impose such costs. Joint paper: Charlotte Moser, Rob Schwartz and myself.

 

Blog posts:

Full article: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2445610