Charleston, WV (Wowk) – The West Virginia House of Delegates declined on Monday the exception of the vaccine.
The bill was defeated with a vote of 42-56.
In a press release on Monday afternoon, the chairman of the West Virginia Democratic Party Mike Puschkin praised the members of the West Virginia House of Delegates because of the defeat of SB 460What Pushkin called “Governor Patrick Morrisseys deeply irresponsible and dangerous for children vaccination”.
“Today’s voice was a victory for common sense, public health and cross -party cooperation,” said delegate Mike Puschkin. “Governor Morrissey now has to immediately accept his poorly advised, dangerous and fatal arrangement of the executive and respect the clear voice of our voters. This administration can not continue to put political pandering from the health and security of families in West Virginia.”
The delegate of Cabell County, Sean Hornbuckle, said the democratic legislature traveled to the state to find out what West Virginians said about the Law on the Liberation of the Vaccine.
“This is a big victory for West Virginians,” Hornbuckle told 13 news. “This is a good representation of the two -party representations. We traveled through West Virginia. I was in the eastern Panhandle and in Greenbrier County and we heard of citizens, and 85% of West Virginians did not want the law to be weakened to immunize the child.
Delegate Pushkin (D-Kanawha) said in the press release that the “crucial cross-party rejection of SB 460 with an overwhelming public opinion. According to a survey commissioned by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, only 5% of West Virginians supported the harmful legislation of governor Morrissey.”
In the press release, Puschkin also said that the Democratic Party in West Virginia is asking Governor Morrissey to “act responsibly and to consider the cross -party voice of the delegate house, health professions, educators, parents and the overwhelming majority of West Virginier who dismiss this dangerous legislation.”
Democrats in the house voted against the law, but the Republicans were divided into this topic.
“If there is a problem with a vaccine that will make someone sick, we should compensate for it. I agree, but we still have to be safe from all the things that can harm us from the outside. For this reason, I intend not to be correct about this draft law,” said DEL. Roy Cooper from Summers County.
Republican delegates in favor of the draft law for the exemption from vaccine have created examples of side effects of vaccines in children.
“What about these children? What about the children who get sick? What about the children who are injured? What about the children who get sick? Can I sue the manufacturer? No,” said Del. Brandon Steele from Raleigh County.
The changed legislation has clarified the medical exceptions for the state’s vaccine requirements for school children and added an exception for religious reasons.
“It’s not about the freedom of the vaccine. It’s about religious freedom,” said Del. David Green from McDowell County.
“I don’t think this calculation is about rejecting science,” said Dela White from Berkeley County. “It is about ensuring that families have the right to make sound medical decisions based on their values, concerns and full understanding of the potential risk.”
The delegates rejected the legislation, which means that the vaccine requirements for diseases such as measles and polio remain.
