Fourteen states have measures pending to ban or limit Covid-19 vaccine mandates for school children, and recent polling finds a majority of U.S. parents opposed to mandates
Some GOP-led legislatures are ramping up efforts to ban Covid-19 vaccination requirements for school children.
In 14 statehouses with Republican governors, including Georgia, Missouri and Alaska, there is proposed legislation to bar, or tighten restrictions against, Covid-19 vaccination requirements for attending public and private K-12 schools, according to the National Academy for State Health Policy, which is tracking the bills. There are 15 states that already have laws or executive orders in place barring such a requirement for school children.
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