A federal judge has barred the District from enforcing a law that allowed minors to be vaccinated without their parents’ knowledge after parents said the legislation violates religious liberty.
The decision, issued Friday, comes as health officials across the country debate how much information minors should be given about vaccines — and as a “People’s Convoy” of truck drivers and their supporters snarl traffic on D.C.-area roads to protest coronavirus restrictions that have largely been lifted., which allows children as young as 11 to get vaccines without their parents’ knowledge if a doctor determines that they are capable of informed consent.
The judge found the parents could successfully argue that the D.C. law was unconstitutional because it infringes on the free exercise of religion. In addition, parents could prevail in their argument that the MCA contravenes federal laws meant to help identify adverse reactions to vaccines and to protect religious freedom, according to the judge.
“I feel like I’m being pressured into taking the vaccination because I feel like an outsider since everybody else has the vaccine and not only that but I feel like the vaccination is some sort of hall pass because I need the vaccination to go certain places which is very annoying,” the child wrote, according to the opinion.
The American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, among other health organizations, filed an amicus brief in one of the cases. Minors should not be forced to forgo “potentially life-saving vaccinations” because a parent might punish them, the brief said.“Parental participation in the medical decisions of minors, including vaccination, is valuable in most cases, and the vast majority of minors involve their parents in these medical decisions,” the brief said.
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