This is like saying it takes away my responsibility to beat the crap out of my children whenever I feel like it. Supplying reasonable and preventive healthcare

This is like saying it takes away my responsibility to beat the crap out of my children whenever I feel like it. Supplying reasonable and preventive healthcare to a child is a parental responsibility, full stop. Now of course every treatment should be weighed fairly based on the treatment itself, but the evidence for vaccinations hugely outweighs the evidence to the contrary. This is not about personal choice, as child cannot be considered to be able to make those types of decisions, it is about proper parenting. Not only this, but these decisions impact on other children as well. I live in a third world country where decisions to vaccinate children aren't based on pseudo science, but rather on economic barriers. When there are outbreaks it can be devastating including outcomes such as death. > just forbid non-vaccinated kids to go to public schools, kindergartens, to ride public transport, etc. I think fining someone to relieve them of the right of choice to vaccination also isn't as bad as taking away the child's right to it's own freedom. Locking away a child is not a right I want to give out in exchange for the right of non-vaccination.