Jessica Biel is still facing heaps of backlash after publicly coming out against a California bill hoping to curb vaccination exemptions.
But the 7th Heaven starlet didn't look like she was worried about critics when she and husband Justin Timberlake ventured out into NYC for some luxury shopping on Friday.
During their shopping trip to Gucci, The Sinner actress, 37, and her pop star hubby, 38, put on a united front in matching outfits.
Retail therapy: Jessica Biel kept her chin up while out with husband Justin Timberlake in NY after causing a stir with her apparent anti-vaccination stance
Jessica looked classic in a pair of ripped jeans, a white tee and a leather motorcycle jacket which she dressed up with a boxy pearl-adorned bag.
Justin offered his own interpretation on simple separates wearing light-washed denim with a two-toned Levi's outer layer.
Underneath he covered up with a black and white flannel. Continuing the rugged appeal, Justin topped things off with a beanie and a scruffy beard.
While the pair were out shopping, Jessica was facing the ire of California legislators for lobbying against laws supporting vaccination requirements in the state.
Denim dude: Justin wore simple separates wearing light-washed denim with a two-toned Levi's outer layer
Timeless: Jessica looked classic in a pair of ripped jeans, a white tee and a leather motorcycle jacket which she dressed up with a boxy pearl-adorned bag
(She later went on to clarify on Instagram that she does not actually oppose to children having the injections.)
Democratic California State Senator Richard Pan called the actress's comments 'misinformed' while talking to The Hollywood Reporter on Friday.
'I wish the 1 percent would stop spreading disease to the 99 percent,' he explained about the collective impact of not vaccinating.
'This starts to be about privilege,' Pan told THR. 'The only reason that [Biel and peers] are able to do this is that they are counting on others to vaccinate their own kids for them. How many people have to be hospitalized before people think, "This isn’t right." I wish the 1 percent would stop spreading disease to the 99 percent.'
The law in question seeks to close a loophole in California law that allowed parents and physicians to evade the state's vaccination requirements via unfounded 'medical exemptions.'
'We’re trying to crack down on fraud,' explained Anthony York, a spokesman at the California Medical Association, an advocacy group for physicians.
Ignoring the science: Jessica appeared with controversial activist Robert F Kennedy Jr. in Sacramento on Thursday
There are countless books that make anecdotal links between autism and vaccination, but they are all rooted on one now-debunked study.
The 'scientific' root of the movement comes from a 1998 paper led by the now-infamous Andrew Wakefield - who has been dating Elle Macpherson.
Wakefield's research suggested that the MMR (measles mumps and rubella) vaccine 'triggers' autism in children.
In the scientific community, the backlash was swift and clear.
Scores of scientists published their own studies in response, pointing out the poor quality of the study - for example, problems with the sampling, and unethical funding.
Plus, most children develop the first signs of autism around the same age that they would get the MMR vaccine: between 12 and 18 months.
Scientists pointed out there was no reason to think that shots caused autism - what Wakefield found was nothing more than a coincidence of timing.
The Lancet, the journal that published the study, ultimately retracted it.
But Wakefield's now-debunked research made headlines, and anti-vaccination sentiments spread like wildfire among some communities - including Hollywood.
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