STATE CAN REQUIRE VACCINATIONS
AGAINST CHILDHOOD DISEASE WENT
DOWN TO DEFEAT THURSDAY, ON THE
FLOOR OF THE MONTANA HOUSE.AS
M-T-N'S MIKE DENNISON REPORTS
THE HOT-BUTTON SUBJECT SPARKED
SOME EMOTION-CHARGED, AND EVEN
CONFRONTATIONAL, DEBATE ON THE
HOUSE FLOOR.




{THE THREE BILLS TOOK DIFFERENT
APPROACHES TOWARD THE SAME
BASIC GOAL ALLOWING MORE
PEOPLE IN MONTANA TO CLAIM
RELIGIOUS
OR MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS FROM
HAVING THEIR KIDS VACCINATED
AGAINST CHILDHOOD DISEASES, LIKE
MEASLES, MUMPS, OR CHICKEN
POX.}{THE FIRST BILL, FROM
REPUBLICAN STATE REP.
DAVID DUNN OF KALISPELL,
WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE
TO CLAIM THOSE EXEMPTIONS.}{TWO
OTHER BILLS FROM REPUBLICAN
THERESA MANZELLA OF HAMILTON
WOULD
PREVENT THE STATE FROM ENFORCING
REQUIRED VACCINES FOR KIDS IN
FOSTER-CARE FAMILIES, OR DAY-
CARE CENTERS.}{DUNN
SAID IT'S SIMPLY AN ISSUE OF
FREEDOM AND THAT VACCINES
CAUSE MANY MORE
PROBLEMS THAN ARE REPORTED.}{MT
REP.
DAVID DUNN, R-KALISPELL SOT:
“THE MEDICAL-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
HAS FAILED TO PROTECT OUR
NATION'S
CHILDREN, AND PARENTS AND
POPULAR CULTURE BULLY PEOPLE WHO
DISAGREE ON THE
TOPIC.”}{MANZELLA SAID POTENTIAL
FOSTER-CARE
FAMILIES ARE BEING RULED OUT,
BECAUSE THEY OBJECT TO THE
INGREDIENTS OF SOME
VACCINES.}{MT REP.
THERESA MANZELLA, R-
HAMILTON SOT: “I'M REALLY HAVING
A TOUGH TIME BELIEVING THAT I'M
STANDING HERE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR
OF THE GREAT STATE OF MONTANA
REPORTING TO YOU THAT THE CELLS
OF ABORTED BABIES ARE IN OUR
VACCINES.
THE CELLS OF ABORTED
BABIES.”}{REPUBLICAN GREG
DEVRIES
JEFFERSON CITY LIKENED THESE
BABIES “LAB RATS” PROMPTING A
FORMAL OBJECTION FROM HOUSE
DEMOCRATIC LEADER CASEY
SCHREINER.}{HOUSE MINORITY
LEADER CASEY SCHREINER, D-GREAT
FALLS SOT:
“WE NEED TO BE BETTER, MR.
SHOULD NOT BE COMPELLED TO
INJECT VACCINES
INTO THEIR BODIES.}{THE BILLS
DREW UNIVERSAL OPPOSITION FROM
HOUSE DEMOCRATS AND, FROM SOME
REPUBLICANS AS WELL.}{MT REP.
SHARON GREEF, R-FLORENCE: “I
REMEMBER LOSING FRIENDS, LITTL
PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE
A VACCINE TO PROTECT THEM.
THEY LIVED IN IRON LUNGS AND
DIED.
..
I DO NOT WANT TO LIVE THROUGH AN
EPIDEMIC THAT OUR FAMILIES WENT
THROUGH.”}{MT REP.
JESSICA KARJALA,
D-BILLINGS SOT: “WE'VE BEEN ABLE
TO ERADICATE CHILDHOOD
DISEASES.
THE FACTS ARE IRREFUTABLE.
THE SAFETY OF OUR
STATE IS AT RISK RIGHT NOW,
CONSIDERING WHAT'S GOING ON IN
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE
SURE THAT
OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE.”}{IN THE
END, THE BILLS FAILED BY WIDE
MARGINS 60-
TO-40 WAS THE CLOSEST VOTE, ON
THE FOSTER-CARE BILL AND,
68-TO-32, THE BIGGEST MARGIN, ON
THE CHILD-CARE BILL.}{REPORTING
FROM HELENA, MIKE DENNISON, MTN
NEWS.}




[(***MJENSEN***) ] THE
LEGISLATURE REACHES ITS HALF-WAY
POINT ON
SATURDAY AND THEN TAKES A
BREAK FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
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[(***MJENSEN*
