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    'Crime against humanity': Passionate parents speak out against California's vaccine bill

    by Melody Gutierrez and Soumya Karlamangla, Los Angeles Times Apr 25, 2019 4 minutes

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Hundreds of parents lined the corridors of the state Capitol on Wednesday, alternatively pleading and demanding that lawmakers reject a bill that would tighten the state's school immunization law.

    The emotional testimony on the controversial bill comes as a measles outbreak has put public health officials on high alert. More than 100 doctors and medical students spoke in favor of SB 276, which would empower the state health department to vet medical exemptions written by physicians.

    State Sen. Richard Pan, a Sacramento physician and Democrat, introduced the legislation, which was being heard Wednesday in the Senate Health Committee. The Capitol hallways were hot and humid amid the mass turnout

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