Republican Presidential Hopefuls at Odds Over Vaccination Issue
Not every prospective GOP candidate feels the same way about vaccinations.
on January 28, 2015 in Miami, Florida.
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is attempting to walk back comments he made in England about the need for government to "balance" the rights of parents to refuse to vaccinate their children with public health concerns. But he isn’t the only Republican navigating the political landscape of a thorny immunization issue.
On Monday, Rand Paul and Ben Carson, two physicians considering bids for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, came down on seemingly opposite sides of a debate that pits public safety against personal freedoms.