Advocates: Bachmann vaccine comments are "truly astounding"

Michele Bachmann doubled down on her controversial Gardasil comments in Iowa last night, telling a voter who asked her about it that her child shouldn't "have to live with the ravages of this vaccine."

She received a great deal of pushback when she raised the issue back in September, and the Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership is hitting back this time, too. GRASP spokesman Evan Siegfried emails:



It is truly astounding that Michele Bachmann would continue on this road despite science contradicting her. Nevermind the fact that in Minnesota, including the district she represents, there was just a measles outbreak that was attributed to a fear of vaccines brought on by statements like the ones Ms. Bachmann has made. It is sad to see that Congresswoman Bachmann values getting media appearances more than the health and safety of children.