Colorado remains one of 20 states which allow parents to pass on vaccinating their children. Being one of the last frontiers of freedom in this country, it is also a hotbed for political fury over the matter. I wouldn't expect this type of legislation to go gently into the night. Most states have tracking in place already, Colorado is one of just three which don't. States are always looking to find leverage over parents and strip them of their natural rights.Democratic sponsors had enough support to steer the database through the House. But the proposal faced certain death in the GOP Senate, where some Republicans complain the state Health Department has already overreached by contacting parents about their children's immunizations.
"The public health of Colorado was not enough to convince opponents of the bill," said Rep. Dan Pabon, a Denver Democrat who proposed the database. "The politics around the 'I word,' or immunizations, just got to be too intense."
Many Republicans stated that they are not against vaccines. However, they are against intrusive tracking. Colorado passed a law a couple of years ago to have schools report vaccination rates which were a likely foundation for this newly proposed bill.
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