Florida is aiming to become the first US state to cancel all of its vaccine mandates, many of which require children to get jabs against diseases like polio in order to attend public schools.
The state's top health official, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, likened the mandates to "slavery", in announcing the plans on Wednesday.
"Who am I to tell you what your child should put in your body?" he said. "I don't have that right. Your body is a gift from God."
Florida officials did not give a timeline or details on ending the mandates. Several may only be repealed through a vote by the Republican-led state legislature, while others can be scrapped by the state health department.
Ladapo, though, pledged several times during his news conference to end "all of them, every last one of them."
