At a town hall today in Alden, Iowa, former Hewlett-Packard CEO, onetime California Senate candidate, and Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina stated that all Americans should have the right to contract diseases from unvaccinated children.

According to Jenna Johnson in the Washington Post, Fiorina received a question from a mother of five who said vaccines contraverted her religious beliefs because they were manufactured from cells of "aborted babies." Fiorina responded, “When in doubt, it’s always the parent’s choice," meaning that all parents should decide for themselves if their unvaccinated child should have the opportunity to transmit a disease to an infant, elderly person, or otherwise immunosuppressed person. "We must protect religious liberty," she added.

Fiorina disclosed that her own daughter had been "bullied" by a school nurse to protect her preteen daughter from cervical cancer by administering the HPV vaccine.

“When you have highly communicable diseases where you have a vaccine that’s proven, like measles or mumps, then I think a parent can make that choice," Fiorina continued, supporting parental discretion in determining whether or not unvaccinated children should be free to spread diseases throughout their community.

Last edited by Just Fred (8/13/2015 9:57 pm)