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\u201cIf you\u2019re pro-life, you should be pro-vaccine,\u201d Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) said. (J. Scott Applewhite\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) blasted President Donald Trump\u2019s recent executive order overhauling the childhood vaccine schedule, saying it will raise costs for patients and make vaccines less accessible.<\/p>

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Trump signed an executive order last week to unbundle the childhood MMR vaccine into three separate shots. Trump defended the move as sparing children from a combination that he said was \u201csort of like a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, that\u2019s a crazy, stupid thing,\u201d Cassidy said Sunday on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union,\u201d referring to Trump\u2019s remark. \u201cThis is why the president\u2019s poll numbers are going down, because people don\u2019t perceive that he knows the reality of their life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cassidy said separating the vaccines would yield no medical benefits while burdening parents with the added costs of multiple doctor visits for their children. This could reduce the rates of vaccination, potentially endangering people with immune-system vulnerabilities, such as pregnant women, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re pro-life, you should be pro-vaccine,\u201d Cassidy said.<\/p>\n

The senator also noted that insurance companies paying for more visits would raise premiums at a moment when health care costs are top of mind for voters.<\/p>

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Cassidy, a physician, has been outspoken against the Trump administration\u2019s attempts to redo vaccine schedules. Cassidy lost his reelection bid in May, falling to Rep. Julia Letlow in the Republican primary, and has since been increasingly willing to challenge the administration. He voted last year to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health and human secretary, despite the then-nominee\u2019s past public skepticism about vaccines.<\/p>\n

When asked about his vote to confirm Kennedy, Cassidy said, \u201cYou have to live life living forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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