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Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.

Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.
health • 10/20/2025

The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.

Three women become choked up as they deliver news in a video posted to social media. “We did it, everybody,” says Leslie Manookian, the woman in the middle. She is a driving force in a campaign that has chipped away at the foundations of modern publi... [16040 chars]