He is also a long-time advocate of breastfeeding; he became a member of the International Health Advisory Council of the La Leche League in 2005.
[2][3] Gordon's patients have included Eliza Jane Scovill[4] and the son of the actress and anti-vaccine activist Jenny McCarthy.
[5] Gordon claims that, to an individual child, the risks of vaccination often outweigh its benefits.
[6] Gordon has cited the debunked connection between vaccines and autism among the alleged risks to children that prevent him from routinely administering vaccinations.<[7] He has signed hundreds of personal-belief exemptions to school vaccine requirements.
"[8] However, Deborah Lehman at Cedars Sinai Medical Center says: "People don't remember children staying in dark rooms because they have measles and the light hurts their eyes and developing brain swelling and serious developmental problems, we've given people a false sense of security and it's situations like this, outbreaks like this [Disneyland measles outbreak] that really remind us of the importance of these diseases and really the benefit of vaccine [sic].