Senate Panel Hears Debate on Immunization Law in New Jersey

Current New Jersey state law requires immunizations as a condition for attending public and private schools, preschools and day care facilities.

This includes immunizations for diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, measles, rubella, polio, mumps, chickenpox, the flu and hepatitis B. But 19 states allow a conscientious objection to vaccinations. New Jersey, which altogether prescribes 60 doses by age 6, allows medical and religious exemptions.

People promoting the exemptions question the intensity and frequency of doses as well as what they suspect could be links to autism and other conditions. They also want greater choice.

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