U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) applauded President Donald Trump’s recent executive action advocating for changes to the recommended vaccine schedule for children on Monday.
Trump signed the order alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., citing lingering questions his administration has with the sheer number of vaccinations children receive and their possible negative effects.
“President Trump recognizes the Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations, maximizing parental choice & aligning immunizations with science & best practices from peer, developed nations,” The White House said on social media.
The order mirrors schedules like those in Denmark and recommends immunizing children against 11 diseases, rather than the 17 recommended by the CDC. It also states that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine be administered in three separate visits. The order also emphasizes parental discretion throughout the vaccination process.
Tuberville, who has joined RFK Jr. in his concerns that vaccines have not undergone proper safety vetting and that the current vaccination schedule for newborns needs to be amended, applauded the order on Monday, pointing out the perceived discrepancy between record-high vaccination rates and record-high rates of certain conditions.
“American kids are the most vaccinated they have ever been…and yet, rates of autism, cancer, and autoimmune diseases among young people are rising every year,” Tuberville wrote. “Parents should be ALLOWED to ask questions and to do what is best for their own kids.”
Moore also posted on X, saying Trump was returning the power back to parents.
“Parents should have a voice in the medical decisions affecting their children. President [Trump] is putting parents back in the driver’s seat by expanding choice and flexibility in childhood vaccine decisions. Parents. Doctors. Not Washington bureaucrats.”
