State passes law eliminating religious exemption for vaccinating children
By Ali Hibbs Albany, N.Y. — State legislators passed a contentious bill this week that would remove the religious exemption for vaccination requirements for children. It was a dramatic scene in the Assembly, where opponents of the bill yelled epithets and threats at Assemblymembers who voted in favor of the law, which passed that chamber by a vanishing margin — 77-53 — following a three-hour debate.