Sen. Ted Cruz Introduces Bill to Block Vaccine Mandates for Children

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) leaves the Capitol in Washington, DC., on Aug. 9, 2021. Liz Lynch/Getty Images

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has introduced a bill that would block the federal government and public schools from imposing COVID-19 vaccines on children.

Casting the issue as a fight between parents and schools, Cruz said that the federal government has “repeatedly ignored medical privacy rights and personal liberty by pushing unlawful and burdensome vaccine mandates on American businesses.”