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Eugene Volokh

Court Upholds Allowing Pro-Vaccination Parent to Make Vaccination Decisions for Children

From Dutchess v. Dutch, decided yesterday (correctly, I think) by the Alaska Supreme Court:

Divorced parents disagree about vaccinating their two minor children. The father wants to vaccinate the children per their pediatrician's recommendation. The mother objects on religious grounds to vaccinating the children…. [T]he superior court issued an order granting decision-making authority concerning vaccinating the children to the father, and the mother appeals. Because the superior court's best interests determination was supported by the record and within the court's broad discretion, we affirm….

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