The 2021-22 legislative session in Massachusetts effectively ended early this morning. Bills that were not passed will most likely expire in December and have to start all over again in the 2023-24 session. I wanted to give you a brief
Last summer, hundreds of families testified in opposition to bills that would eliminate or limit the ability to claim a religious exemption to school vaccination requirements. The hearing on these bills went on into the early hours of the next
The Massachusetts legislative committee on Public Health favorably reported on a bill that would remove the religious exemption to student vaccination requirements. This moves the bill a step closer to a vote by the legislature and enactment. The bill, H.4813,
Tomorrow, our commonwealth’s capital implements its vaccine “passport” mandate. Restaurants, event venues and fitness centers must begin requiring their guests show proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Unless, of course, they are a “professional athlete” or a “performing artist,” or “accompanying a
CONTACT: Andrew Beckwith, andrew@mafamily.org, 781.569.0400 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 7, 2022 Wakefield, MA – Massachusetts Family Institute, along with representatives from 29 other states, has joined a coalition of state family policy council organizations from across the country in opposing the
As you may have seen this week, the CDC has issued new guidelines recommending all students K-12 start masking again this fall. These guidelines, that include wearing a mask indoors whether vaccinated or not, were triggered in part by a
According to a panel from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), boys as young as 9 years old and girls as young as 11 years old should be immunized against HPV,
