Mandatory Vaccinations

Not at all. The MMR vaccine has NEVER, EVER contained thiomersal. The MMR vaccine contains a live virus, so the thiomersal would kill it off (that's what the thiomersal is there for, remember - killing off live bugs in the vaccine), rendering the vaccine useless. Besides, the reason the MMR vaccine was accused in the first place was because Wakefield claimed that this live virus was making bowel disease in autistic children. Turns out he falsified his results, and the children either weren't autistic, or didn't have bowel disease, and he basically experimented on children without the consent of neither the parents nor the ethics committee.

First, Wakefields results have been duplicated.
http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/2707646
http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/01/wakef...dings.html

fourteen months before Dr Wakefield's paper was published, two other researchers -- Professor Walker-Smith and Dr Amar Dhillon -- independently documented the same problems in these children, including symptoms of autism.

The British Medical Journal's accusations against Dr Wakefield -- that he fabricated his findings -- are therefore false. The mainstream media accusation that Dr Wakefield's findings have "never been replicated" is also blatantly false.

Second, Thimerosal is not the only dangerous substance within vaccines, and many scientists debate over the full effects of vaccines as a whole.
Regarding the MMR, it is a vaccine I havent focused on enough to know why it would cause autism, but the accusations of fraud here disturb me, especially with obvious disregard for the facts (particularly the fact that accusations against Wakefield are based on the BMJ article which ignored vital facts).

Also, the studies done by Wakefield and the several scientists that replicated his results (some even predating his studies) suggests that there are more toxic substances in vaccines that can cause autism and other mental disorders than just thimerosal and aluminum, perhaps the entire vaccine is potentially toxic.