Claim: "Rhode Island will become just the second state to mandate the vaccine … and the only state to do so by regulatory fiat, without public debate, and without consideration from the elected representatives of the people."
Fact-check: R.I. Center for Prosperity & Freedom rails against 'regulatory fiat'
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Mark Reynolds
Date published: 2015-08-23T00:00:00