A foreboding message from Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), a physician, should give us pause: "When we give government the power to make medical decisions for us, we, in essence, accept that the state owns our bodies."

Two sets of parents in Belgium were recently handed five-month prison terms for failing to vaccinate their children against polio. Each parent was also fined 4,100 euros ($8,000). Ah… but that is Europe, you say. Things are different over there – such a thing could never happen in the USA. Think again.