Editing Rob Schneider (section)

===Anti-vaccination activism===
Schneider has been a critic of [[Vaccination#Vaccination and autism|childhood vaccinations]].<ref name="hollywood reporter" /> In an interview with [[News10]] in Sacramento, Schneider opined that "The efficacy of these shots have not been proven{{Nbsp}}... And the toxicity of these things{{Snd}}we're having more and more side effects. We're having more and more autism." He also views the actions from the state of California to mandate vaccinations as government overreach.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/01/rob-schneider-links-autism-vaccines_n_1641922.html |title=Rob Schneider Links Autism To Vaccines, Rails Against Big Government (VIDEO) |last=Hart |first=Benjamin |date=July 1, 2012 |website=[[The Huffington Post]] |access-date=February 21, 2017}}</ref>

In 2015, Schneider actively opposed the passage of two California laws, California Assembly Bill 2109 and [[California Senate Bill 277]], which both made childhood vaccination exemptions harder to obtain. On September 28, 2012, Schneider and California State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly spoke at the "Medical Freedom Rally", where they urged California Governor [[Jerry Brown]] to veto Assembly Bill 2109, which would have made it more difficult for parents to use philosophical reasons for exemptions from mandatory childhood vaccinations. While the bill was not vetoed, Governor Brown added a signing message instructing the [[Department of Health]] to add a [[Vaccination and religion#Exemptions|religious exemption]] and to make sure the process was not overly burdensome to parents.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://vimeo.com/60227438 |title=Rob Schneider and Tim Donnelly |last=Medical Freedom |date=February 21, 2012 |via=[[Vimeo]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://gov.ca.gov/docs/AB_2109_Signing_Message.pdf | title=AB2109 signing message | first=Jerry | last=Brown | author-link=Jerry Brown | date=September 30, 2012 | access-date=February 21, 2017 | archive-date=February 12, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212080247/http://gov.ca.gov/docs/AB_2109_Signing_Message.pdf | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/09/am-alert-rob-schneider-tim-donnelly-team-up-on-vaccinations.html |title=AM Alert: Rob Schneider, Tim Donnelly Team Up On Vaccinations |last=Massimino |first=Micaela |date=September 28, 2012 |website=[[The Sacramento Bee]] – Capitol Alert |access-date=February 20, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529003350/http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/09/am-alert-rob-schneider-tim-donnelly-team-up-on-vaccinations.html |archive-date=May 29, 2016}}</ref>

While fighting [[California Senate Bill 277]], which removed exemptions to mandatory vaccinations due to personal beliefs, Schneider left a phone message to California state Assemblywoman and bill co-author [[Lorena Gonzalez (California politician)|Lorena Gonzalez]] saying that he would spend money against her in her next re-election. Gonzalez, in an interview with ''[[The Washington Times]]'', said that she found the message to be disturbing, but upon calling back, she said, "he was actually much nicer to me, but let's be honest{{Nbsp}}... that is 20 mins of my life I'll never get back arguing that vaccines don't cause autism with ''Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo''."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/15/rob-schneider-anti-vaccine-actor-leaves-disturbing/ |title=Rob Schneider, anti-vaccine actor, leaves 'disturbing message' for lawmaker |last=Chasmar |first=Jessica |date=February 15, 2015 |website=[[The Washington Times]] |access-date=February 19, 2017 |archive-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220171529/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/15/rob-schneider-anti-vaccine-actor-leaves-disturbing/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>