Hep B is not solely spread through sexual contact. "The virus is transmitted through contact with the blood or other body fluids of an infected person."
So imagine your child come into contact with an injured person, vomit, what have you and becomes infected when you as a parent could have protected them, but chose not to.
It can be spread through horizontal transmission (exposure to infected blood), especially from an infected child to an uninfected child during the first 5 years of life. The development of chronic infection is very common in infants infected from their mothers or before the age of 5 years.
Also, The hepatitis B virus can survive outside the body for at least 7 days. During this time, the virus can still cause infection if it enters the body of a person who is not protected by the vaccine.
If you can protect your children, why not? You protect them with guns from evil people, why not protect them from death and disease? Whatever religion prevents you from keeping your family from harm may need to be reviewed.
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