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by khuey 4308 days ago
Yes it is. Parents don't ask their children whether or not they want to be vaccinated.
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True, but in the US at least, there is a very long jurisprudence that says government cannot compel vaccination over parental objections, as parents are stewards of a child's bodily autonomy. Parents have rights that government does not, but those rights do not include brutal beating or mutilation -- or compelled abortion.