There is a problem in which some children can't get any vaccines for their health and when there are more and more non-vaccinated children, they are at higher risk of getting the disease. When majority of population is vaccinated, they'll get the cover from disease as disease can't spread with majority being vaccinated.
It is though a shame, that there are narrow options to leave vaccines out, but it's life of the children at risk - not the life of parents. And not even only your own children,but children of others too.
However, I believe in peoples own choices and I agree that money needs to go to education and research.
The risks can't be ignored, that's true. But choices of what to do with ones own body has to remain a personal choice rather than a political one.
It's up to us as adults to protect the rights of children of an age where they can reason and communicate, not to have to bend to the will of other individuals out of a statistical risk.
When the child can't make such choices and there is no direct impeding danger, the parrent is the next to make such choices for its offspring. Not the government.
I can see your point and I agree, government should have less control on our lives. And I see that in general too, nobody should think government always does the best decisions for us.