{"id":1393751,"date":"2022-03-22T10:29:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1393751"},"modified":"2022-03-22T10:29:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:29:46","slug":"judge-blocks-d-c-law-allowing-children-to-receive-covid-19-vaccination-without-parental-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-d-c-law-allowing-children-to-receive-covid-19-vaccination-without-parental-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Blocks D.C. Law Allowing Children To Receive COVID-19 Vaccination Without Parental Consent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-blocks-d-c-law-allowing-children-to-receive-covid-19-vaccination-without-parental-consent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1393751&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Untitled-design-21-copy-10.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A federal judge temporarily blocked a Washington, D.C., law from going into effect that would have allowed children as young as 11 years old to receive COVID-19 vaccination without parental consent.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Trevor McFadden ruled that the <a href=\"https:\/\/code.dccouncil.us\/us\/dc\/council\/laws\/23-193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minor Consent for Vaccinations Amendment Act of 2020<\/a> (MCA) \u201ctargets religious parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStates and the District are free to encourage individuals \u2014 including children \u2014 to get vaccines,\u201d McFadden wrote in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msdc.org\/docs\/default-source\/msdc\/21-1.pdf?sfvrsn=3f0e3863_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruling<\/a>. \u201cBut they cannot transgress on the [National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act] Congress created. And they cannot trample on the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ruling addressed two separate lawsuits filed in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn one complaint, a group of parents with children enrolled in city public or charter schools argued Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser could not enforce the law because it subverts the right and duty of parents to make informed decisions about whether their children should receive vaccinations,\u201d the Washington Examiner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/judge-blocks-dc-from-allowing-children-to-get-vaccinated-without-parental-consent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberglaw.com\/public\/desktop\/document\/MAZERvDCDEPARTMENTOFHEALTHetalDocketNo121cv01782DDCJul022021Court?1647894401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0was filed by a Maryland father who said his daughter crossed state lines to enter Washington to get vaccinated without his knowledge,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p>A total of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/other\/state-indicator\/state-parental-consent-laws-for-covid-19-vaccination\/?activeTab=map&#038;currentTimeframe=0&#038;selectedDistributions=parental-consent-requirements-for-covid-19-vaccine&#038;sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">42 states<\/a> require parental consent for their children to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Two states, North Carolina and South Carolina, allow students to be vaccinated without parental consent as early as age 16.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon state law allows children to be vaccinated without parental consent as early as 15 years old, while Alabama allows as early as 14 years of age. Some states also do not provide specific laws related directly to COVID-19 vaccinations for minors without parental consent, according to research from the Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The District of Columbia MCA law presented the earliest age in the U.S. for COVID-19 vaccination without parental consent. The law has not gone into effect, however, and the new ruling will continue to keep the MCA from moving forward unless another court ruling changes the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Last month,\u00a0Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz introduced an amendment to block federal funds to schools and child care centers that enforce COVID-19 vaccine mandates on students and young children.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruz.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/defund_mandates_1_pager.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amendment<\/a> would modify the $1.6 trillion continuing resolution (CR) to fund the federal government through March 11, 2022, by prohibiting federal funds from being distributed to schools and child care centers that have a COVID-19 vaccine mandate related to enrollment, in-person attendance, and participation in school-sponsored activities. The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sen-cruz-introduces-amendment-to-block-federal-funds-to-schools-that-enforce-child-covid-19-vaccine-mandates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cEnough is enough. It\u2019s time to stop the petty tyrants imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates on families across the country,\u201d Cruz said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruz.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/senator-cruz-introduces-amendment-to-stop-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-on-children-cut-off-federal-funds-for-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNo child should be denied an education because of his or her personal medical choice. Schools shouldn\u2019t get federal taxpayer dollars to trample on our constitutional liberties. It\u2019s time for all of us to take a stand. Are you with parents and kids, or power hungry politicians?\u201d he added.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The amendment would restrict federal funding to \u201cany entity, school, center or facility that imposes such a mandate,\u201d including state and local educational agencies, public schools and charter schools, private schools, child care centers, and Head Start facilities.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same?\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>Become a member now and join our mission.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge temporarily blocked a Washington, D.C., law from going into effect that would have allowed children as young as 11 years old to receive COVID-19 vaccination without parental<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1393751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1393751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1393751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1393751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1393751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}