WTF? This is shameful. It’s also why I feel vaccine mandates shouldn’t be legal. We all have a fundamental right to our bodies. The government shouldn’t be able to force you to make different choices when it comes to your body.
First, there are no general mandates. The most we have from the state is mandatory vaccines to work in certain government roles or to attend public schools. Both of these have alternatives. For adults the vast majority of vaccine mandates originate from private employment. In this case she requested to be moved to a different hospital but this was denied. There was no alternative for her in this case.
Second, vaccines are far less invasive than significant abdominal surgery. This person's reasoning for avoiding a c-section was about being able to care for her newborn and other children effectively, since recovering from a c-section is a huge additional burden on top of caring for a newborn. This was not a decision made about protecting herself but a decision made about protecting her family from the consequences of her major surgery. She'd had several c-sections before (which she felt may have been unnecessary), which is why she was at risk of uterine rupture.
This is made worse by abortion bans. If you've had a prior c-section and are therefore at risk of uterine rupture, the only way out of a pregnancy in Florida past very early pregnancy is delivery. You are locked into major abdominal surgery even if you don't want the baby.