Vaccine exemption bill temporarily stalls in California Senate Education Committee

The San Jose Mercury reports:

A controversial bill to require vaccinations for all California school children ran into trouble Wednesday, when its author delayed a key Senate committee vote after enraged parents opposed to the legislation demanded lawmakers answer a central question: Don't all kids -- whether they are vaccinated or not -- have a right to a public education?

With bill co-author Sen. Richard Pan facing similar questions from fellow committee members, the Sacramento Democrat put the brakes on a scheduled vote in the Senate Education Committee, promising to return with answers in a week for another hearing.

The unexpected retreat seemed a promising turn of events for hundreds of opponents who again showed up in Sacramento to challenge lawmakers and insist the bill would deprive them of their right to choose not to vaccinate their children.

The battle over the rights of government education.