Tue Apr 19, 2022 – 5:28 pm EDT
SACRAMENTO, California (LifeSiteNews) — A Democratic California lawmaker is holding off on forwarding a bill requiring young children to get the experimental COVID-19 shots, citing low vaccine uptake.
California Democratic state Sen. Richard Pan had introduced SB 871 in January, a measure that would force all children in the Golden State to get injected with the abortion-tainted jab.
Last week, however, Pan announced he is pausing on moving forward with the legislation due to “insufficient” voluntary vaccination rates among school kids.
While arguing that there is “strong support among voters for school vaccine requirements,” (most Democrats throughout the U.S. support vaccine mandates for kids, but the majority of Republicans and Independents are opposed, according to an October 2021 poll) Pan said in an April 14 statement that “[p]olling also shows that many parents have hurdles to overcome to get their children vaccinated, such as transportation and taking time off from work.”
“Unfortunately, COVID vaccination rates, particularly among children, are currently insufficient,” Pan continued, adding that instead of pushing forward with the mandate, state officials should make the COVID jabs more accessible through physicians and children’s healthcare providers, and
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