In 2023, extra vaccine comparable state law that NVIC supported has handed into legislation than in every other yr. The COVID-19 pandemic supplied an ancient alternative to encourage and inspire lively citizen involvement in an effort to teach state legislators concerning the pressing want to offer protection to the human and criminal proper to workout voluntary, knowledgeable consent to vaccination.

The have an effect on of alternate from our 14 years of grassroots organizing and targeted public training efforts is apparent. This yr’s NVIC’s 2023 Annual File on U.S. State Vaccine Law supplies proof the tide has became to fortify our 41-year project to forestall vaccine accidents and deaths via public training and to protected vaccine knowledgeable consent protections in U.S. public well being insurance policies and rules.