Health Freedom Defense Fund’s recent legal victory in the Ninth Circuit has everyone talking about the 1905 Jacobson v. Massachusetts decision that has been used, abused, and misapplied for more than a century — but what is the Jacobson Decision? The details may surprise you. Also, legislative news from WA.
Reference Links:
- Parent’s Bill of Rights Initiative
- I-2081 (Effective Date June 6): finaltext_2997.pdf (wa.gov)
- ICWA Joins Defense of I-2081 as Intervener (Silent Majority Foundation)
- Washington Parents Network forms as School Superintendent Reykdal Refuses to Enforce I-2081
- HUGE Legal Victory – HFDF Wins Appeal in Ninth Circuit – Health Freedom Defense Fund
- Dissolving Illusions: Humphries, Suzanne, Bystrianyk, Roman
- Jacobson v Massechussetts (1905 Decision; scan of original document)
- Jacobson v Massachusetts: It’s Not Your Great-Great-Grandfather’s Public Health Law (2005, AJPH)
