At least six US States are trying to prohibit parents from citing religious or personal beliefs to avoid vaccinating their children.

State legislatures in New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, Minnesota and Iowa are all looking at bills that would only allow exemptions from vaccinations for medical reasons determined by the child’s doctor.

RT reports: Faced with a health scare in the form of measles, a highly contagious and easily transmitted respiratory infection, lawmakers have been in a hurry to pass laws that would limit or outlaw any exemptions from vaccination that are not rooted in medical reasons.

On Monday, a bill aimed at ending non-medical exemptions passed the Oregon House after weeks of fierce debate. The bill will now have to go through the Senate before it can be signed into law. Oregon has not been at the center of the outbreak, with only 14 reported cases as of…