As Vaccine Mandates Become a Reality, a North Carolina Senator Attempts to Limit Overreach
North Carolina | August 13, 2021
As local school boards across the country vote on mask mandates for students, a bill that would require children to get parental consent before getting the vaccine has been brought before North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper.
Republican state Sen. Joyce Krawiec, who sponsored House Bill 96, told The Epoch Times that she will also be revisiting another bill that could put a 30-day expiration date on school mask mandates.
The parental consent bill passed unanimously in the North Carolina Senate before landing on Cooper’s desk on Aug. 10, according to Krawiec.
Cooper has 10 days to sign or veto the bill.
Regarding the incentive of the bill, Krawiec told The Epoch Times that she was surprised to discover that children 12 to 17 could get the COVID-19 vaccine—which has not yet been granted full approval by the Food and Drug Administration—without the consent of a parent or legal guardian… (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)