The Moral Right to Conscientious, Philosophical and Personal Belief: Exemption to Vaccination
The principle of informed consent to medical treatment, which has become a central ethical principle in the practice of modern medicine and is applied to medical interventions which involve the risk of injury or death. Implicit in the concept of informed consent is the right to refuse consent or, in the case of vaccination laws, the right to exercise conscientious, personal belief or philosophical exemption to mandatory use of one or more vaccines.
“Argue with us. Educate us. Persuade us. But don’t track us down and force us to violate our moral conscience.”