Yes. This is to prevent the parents from constructing a child that looks or functions abnormaly. For example, parents should not be allowed to choose genes that would cause health problems or mental disorders. However, parents should be allowed to choose hair or eye color if they so choose.…
The right to privacy, which includes the freedom to choose whether or not to do certain things or put oneself through certain experiences, is highly valued by citizens in the United States ("Personal Autonomy", 2016). Much of the rhetoric of US life revolves around life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, or freedom. With this thought process moving and growing there is a strong sense of autonomy within all Americans. This autonomy has gathered steam and is actually considered a “liberty protected by the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment” ("Personal Autonomy", 2016). This liberty is central to the fight against mandatory vaccinations in the United States.…
The United States is known to be a great country because of our freedom to have our beliefs and values. Our nation has become this great land that at times is overwhelming. Our government has progressed since our founding fathers. The problem lies on how much power the government has. Immunizations are one of the many things that the American people have no voice in, even though vaccinations on children have been a big controversy to many Americans because of the side effects they might have caused.…
The next morning he had a fever of 102 and he had no strength in his aching legs. By nightfall the pain went to his neck and back. He also was not able to move his legs at all. Although he was unaware, FDR actually had polio weeks before this, “A crippling viral disease that would leave him paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of his life.” His family was adjusting to the fact that this was serious.…
Sometimes other personal or religious beliefs persuade parents to skip immunizations. Parents, health care specialists, nurses, teachers and children all have an important stake in this issue. Parents argue that it is they who should have the ultimate decision-making right on whether or not to vaccinate their children. Nurses and healthcare officials oppose that view on…
What are vaccines? In general, a vast majority of the public could answer this question. In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics endorses at least 14 vaccines for infants by the age of two (AAP.org). The vaccine is considered by many doctors, scientists, and experts to be one of the greatest accomplishments of modern medicine and the idea of a vaccine, itself, is radical. Essentially, a vaccine is a weakened, usually dead, strain of a disease or virus.…
The anti vaccination movement was born at the beginning of the twentieth century. The movement came about after several failed vaccinations resulting in serious injury and in some cases death have occurred. Most of these fatalities were children, which added to the anger in parents. The Supreme Court ruled on a landmark case Jacobsen vs. Massachusetts in 1905, this ruling mandated parents to vaccinate their children or incur a penalty. Government involvement in the lives of the people was perceived to be intrusive by the opposition groups and became another source of anger for the public.…
“Most childhood vaccines are 90 to 99 percent effective in preventing disease” (vaccines.procon.org). Some parents choose to ignore all of the benefits that come from vaccinating their children and take it upon themselves to make the rash decision to not get their child vaccinated. Whether it is intentional or not parents who refuse to vaccinate their children are putting every other child in danger to be exposed to disease. Many parents choose to not vaccinate their children think vaccines are harmful even though there are numerous studies proving otherwise. A great deal of parents who have certain religious backgrounds are persuaded to oppose vaccinations.…
The health of the global population should always come before all else, considering that a person must be alive in order to hold religious or moral beliefs (Parkins 440). Choosing not to vaccinate a child effects not only that child, but also everyone around him or her. For example, Gillian Hodge, a mother from Virginia, had to endure a grueling 30-day quarantine after her newborn baby girl caught measles at her doctor’s office (Parkins 439). Baby Mackenzie, who was too young to receive her MMR vaccine, caught measles from an unvaccinated child. She was then quarantined so that she would not spread the highly contagious disease (Parkins 439).…
There’s always an argument on the news and on newspapers about children catching diseases and dying from them really often. Why is this happening? When All of these diseases are preventable by simply being easily immunized, why parents are not getting immunized their children, is it for religious beliefs or just carelessness. Whatever may be their reason is it really good enough? Because why would anyone let their child be able to catch and spread a deadly disease, so immunization should be made mandatory for all children, but with a previous analysis to each child.…
Whether you are a parent or not, we all have that unselfish concern for the welfare of children and our communities. If it were possible, we would protect our loved ones from even the smallest of illnesses. Fortunately, we can protect them from some diseases that have ended the lives of children and adults for hundreds of years by choosing to vaccinate. The federal government needs to enact a policy that requires all who reside or enter the United States to receive all recommended vaccinations in order to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and viruses because vaccines save lives, they save parents and families time and money. In addition, vaccines can protect future generations.…
In the last several years, much debate has been raised over the issues of child vaccinations here in the U.S. Various studies have yielded results that support both sides of the debate. At stake, is whether a parent can choose vaccines for their children, a decision that ultimately may protect the child, hurt the child, or possibly put others in the community at risk. Upon thorough factual research, a parent has a more informed to choose which vaccines should be administered to their child knowing the true statistics of the likelihood of a child actually contracting a particular disease, and some of the harmful risks of certain vaccines, parents can better understand which vaccines present a danger to their child. With conflicting opinions…
When children are born, one of the first things they get are vaccinations to protect them. Almost every child has been given a vaccination at one point in their life. Most people do not even think about it anymore. It it just a part of life. However, there are some people that believe vaccinations are unethical and should be optional.…
Every year, school children begin the same ritual; mandatory vaccinations. They bring home packets full of forms stating which vaccines are required for each child to attend school. For most families, this is just another duty to add to a checklist of things to do for school and gets done without a second thought, but for some, this is a dreaded process. Many parents choose to opt out of vaccinating their children for reasons such as, medical limitations and religious beliefs, but over the last few years, philosophical exemption has become more and more popular. Philosophical exemption allows people to choose not to vaccinate for any reason.…
To vaccinate your child or not Many people make simple choices every day, what tie to wear, which perfume to put on, ect. People with children have a lot of choices to make, because it affects another life. Like choosing whether or not to vaccinate your child. Vaccination is the method we have used for years, to prevent diseases. Vaccinations help us prevent epidemic outbreaks.…