Kids Shouldn't Die from Preventable Diseases... Act

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I think there is something to work with here, but the current text is overbroad. I hope to see a scaled-back version passed.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I think there is something to work with here, but the current text is overbroad. I hope to see a scaled-back version passed.

In terms of a scaled-back version what would be acceptable in your view?

     The President touched on one issue in terms of leaving religious exemptions alone. Also, I was thinking about specifically making this about schools (though I don't know how many other vaccine laws exist), since lack of proper vaccination in a school environment can have devastating results.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I don't know about religious minorities in Australia, but here the ones that object to vaccination on religious grounds also tend to not use public schools. Eliminating religious exemptions would do less to help children and more to abrogate religious freedom in Atlasia.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I'm not going to press this point. These people do not send their children to public schools and will continue to not vaccinate their children. There is no actual point to this discussion. I will propose this amendment:

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I don't think there are any other laws, but the point is that this should be about public health and this makes that point.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     The last sentence of the amendment is ungrammatical. I understand Speaker Cris is a nonnative speaker and I'm not trying to be difficult, but I am not certain what it is saying in context.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Seconded.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Aye