Two dozen states sue to challenge Head Start vaccination, mask mandate
December 22, 2021 | Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming
Once again, several states are pushing back against the Biden administration’s COVID-19 mandates.
Two dozen states asked a federal court Tuesday to block the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Administration for Children and Families from requiring Head Start program staff, certain contractors and volunteers to wear masks and be fully vaccinated by Jan. 31. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr announced the court challenge against the Head Start vaccination and mask mandate.
“This is just the latest and most egregious in a growing list of overreaches by this president,” Kemp said. “It is all the more troubling and inexcusable, given this mandate directly impacts and impairs our children.
“As with our prior lawsuits against the administration’s unwarranted and inappropriate decisions, we will not rest in this fight to protect the rights and choices of Georgia’s families, especially when it comes to our youngest citizens. We will not allow these policies to invade our classrooms, teaching the wrong lessons about the role of government to growing minds.”… (Excerpts from Just the News)
