{"id":123965,"date":"2019-06-12T17:39:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T21:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=123965"},"modified":"2019-06-12T17:40:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T21:40:50","slug":"123965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=123965","title":{"rendered":"AMA wants children to override their parent’s decision against vaccination"},"content":{"rendered":"

American Medical Association: Let minors override parents’ vaccination refusal<\/h1>\n

By Javonte Anderson, Chicago Tribune<\/p>\n

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CHICAGO – Members of the American Medical Association voted this week to support state policies that would allow minors to override their parents’ objections to vaccinations.<\/p>\n

Moving forward, the AMA will encourage state lawmakers to institute comprehensive vaccine and minor consent policies, according to a news release. The policy recommendation came Monday during the group’s annual meeting in Chicago.<\/p>\n

This decision comes as the anti-vaccination movement gains strength nationwide and public health officials blame outbreaks in diseases including measles on fewer people getting vaccinated.<\/p>\n

<\/span>“The prevalence of unvaccinated pediatric patients is troubling to physicians,” AMA board member Dr. S. Bobby Mukkamala said in the release. “Many children go unvaccinated as anti-vaccine-related messages and advertisements target parents with misinformation. Allowing mature minors to provide informed consent to vaccinations will ensure these patients can access this type of preventive care.”<\/p>\n

During Monday’s session, the AMA also voted to adopt a plan to bring national attention to violence against the transgender community, especially transgender people of color. The group also encouraged doctors to play a more active role in reporting and preventing human trafficking.<\/p>\n

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