AMA wants to eliminate religious and philosophical exemptions

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American Medical Association

H-440.970 Religious Exemptions from Immunizations

Since religious/philosophic exemptions from immunizations endanger not

only the health of the unvaccinated individual, but also the health of

those in his or her group and the community at large, the AMA (1)

encourages state medical associations to seek removal of such

exemptions in statutes requiring mandatory immunizations; (2)

encourages physicians and state and local medical associations to work

with public health officials to inform religious groups and others who

object to immunizations of the benefits of vaccinations and the risk

to their own health and that of the general public if they refuse to

accept them; and (3) encourages state and local medical associations

to work with public health officials to develop contingency plans for

controlling outbreaks in exempt populations and to intensify efforts

to achieve high immunization rates in communities where groups having

religious exemptions from immunizations reside. (CSA Rep. B, A-87;

Reaffirmed: Sunset Report, I-97; Reaffirmed: CSAPH Rep. 3, A-07)