America’s War on Medical Freedom

How medical freedom was eroded, and what it will take to restore it. If you raise cows and a feed mill sells you a contaminated batch, you can take the mill to court. The same holds for the dealer who sold you a mower with a faulty blade guard, the maker of a trailer hitch that shears on the highway, or the manufacturer of any other defective product. Product liability law is straightforward. Most people who farm understand it without a lawyer. Now take your daughter to the pediatrician for a routine childhood shot. If that shot injures her, federal...