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The Truth About Oregon’s Vaccination Rates and Senate Bill 442–3
Guest Columnist Medium February 28, 2015 An October 14, 2014 article from The Oregonian told a familiar story line that is now being used to push through an “emergency” measure in Oregon—Senate Bill 442–3—that would remove both philosophical and religious vaccination...
Letters to the Editor
Medical decisions are 'personal' -- but only for Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, apparently The Oregonian February 26, 2015 Vaccines, personal decisions: Regarding "Banning most school vaccine exemptions a wise public move," (Feb. 23): Whether you believe vaccines are...
Meeting on vaccine mandate bill canceled
Oregon legislators have canceled a meeting to discuss a bill that would eliminate nonmedical exemptions from Oregon's school immunization law, after it became clear that a controversial vaccine researcher who linked the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine with autism was...
Anti-vaccination parents explain their perspectives: ‘We are not anti-science’
OregonLive By The Associated Press One is a businesswoman and an MBA graduate. Another is a corporate vice president. The third is a registered nurse. These three mothers -- all of them educated, middle-class professionals -- are among the vaccine skeptics who have...
Oregonians debate proposed immunization mandate
Statesman Journal February 19, 2015 Tense testimony about a proposal to eliminate nonmedical exemptions from Oregon's school immunization law continued for more than three hours Wednesday afternoon as Oregonians discussed conflicting scientific claims, parental...
Oregon Senate to hear testimony on bill limiting nonmedical immunization exemptions
JURIST February 17, 2015 The Oregon Senate Committee on Health Care [official website] is scheduled to hear testimony on a bill [SB 422, PDF] that would limit the option for parents to receive non-medical exemptions from school vaccinations. Sponsored by state Senator...