One thought comes to mind: if the smallpox vaccination had not been mandatory, it is unlikely that 100% of the people necessary to make this horrible disease extinct, and we would still have smallpox with us now and forever. Being as some people are superstitious, distrustful, irrational, stupid or simply crazy, 100% of the population will never agree on anything.
I cannot see individual freedom is more important than the the extermination of smallpox (or any other disease like it) forever.
This is the old Star Trek debate from the Wrath of Lhan, “Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few", says Spock. "Or the one," adds Kirk.
I cannot imagine that a 100% compliance of every parent in vaccinating their children is possible. Yet, somehow, it was possible to get a large enough compliance to exterminate smallpox. It seems inconceivable to me that at least some people were compelled to get vaccinated against smallpox by force, and we are all better off because of it.
There will be a very few people that will suffer some ill effects from a vaccination. But I think that it is sufficiently proven that vaccinations now being given to children do not cause autism, as that ex-Playboy Playmate turned celebrity has claimed.
It is all about the odds with vaccines, just as lottery tickets and slot machines. People who cannot comprehend the vast difference between the odds of different events will continue to lose fortunes to casinos and lotteries and their children will unnecessarily be stricken by one or more of the childhood diseases that can be fatal.
With regard to abortion, I am neither for not against it. I simply think that the mother has the greatest stake in whether the child is born or not, and therefore she should make the decision without being compelled by some government. Rich women will always find a way to have a safe abortion on demand, so this only gives the same choice to the poor.
I think there is a good case for outlawing casinos and commercial large stake gambling. But I would not outlaw poker games among individuals or professional gamblers.
I doubt that Doc Holliday types would wreck many lives, but Bally. Trump and MGM have almost certainly ruined thousands. It is pragmatically impossible to prevent professional gamblers, but preventing huge casinos is clearly possible. Ecuador voted to abolish casinos in 2008, I think.
I don't think that abolishing casinos would be possible in the US, but we would be better off without them.