Challenge to New York Revoking Religious Exemptions for School Vaccinations Reaches Supreme Court
January 28, 2022 | New York
Parents of schoolchildren in New York state have filed a challenge with the Supreme Court contesting the state’s 2019 repeal of a law that exempted those with sincere religious objections from having to accept the vaccinations that children are normally required to receive in order to attend school.
The petition comes as courts across the country, including the Supreme Court, are considering the separate, more specific issue of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations and becoming increasingly receptive to arguments that governments are overstepping their lawful, constitutional authority in combating the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The case is F.F. v. State of New York, Supreme Court file 21-1003.
The petition for review (pdf) was filed with the Supreme Court on Jan. 10, with attorney Stephen Bergstein of Bergstein and Ullrich in New Paltz, New York, listed as the counsel of record. Prominent activist and attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of Peachtree City, Georgia-based Children’s Health Defense is listed on the petition’s cover as co-counsel for the petitioners… (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
