: opposed to vaccination
But state health officials and vaccine proponents have argued that unvaccinated children pose a health risk to others. They point to the recent measles outbreak in Johnson County and elsewhere, a disease that has reappeared since the anti-vaccination movement has grown.—
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Sarah RitterAnti-vaccination parents have slammed a new law that bans unimmunised children from kindergartens.—Thomas Duff
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Dooley, 26, is a filmmaker involved who sits on a committee for MAHA Action, a group founded in December with some of Kennedy's former presidential campaign staffers and is run by a prominent anti-vaccination film producer.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 30 Sep. 2025
Although religious exemptions were not recognized by law until the 1960s, some resisted these vaccination campaigns from the beginning, and 19th-century anti-vaccination societies urged the rollback of state laws requiring vaccination.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
Previous rallies by the party, which has grown from a fringe anti-vaccination group to a mainstream political force, have called for greater restrictions on foreign workers and investment.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
Bigtree is executive director of the Informed Consent Action Network, or ICAN, an anti-vaccination group.
—Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
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Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 30 Sep. 2025
Although religious exemptions were not recognized by law until the 1960s, some resisted these vaccination campaigns from the beginning, and 19th-century anti-vaccination societies urged the rollback of state laws requiring vaccination.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
Previous rallies by the party, which has grown from a fringe anti-vaccination group to a mainstream political force, have called for greater restrictions on foreign workers and investment.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
Bigtree is executive director of the Informed Consent Action Network, or ICAN, an anti-vaccination group.
—Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
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“Anti-vaccination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-vaccination. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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