- California has been hit with a lawsuit filed on behalf of parents regarding the state’s vaccine mandates for schools.
- The lawsuit, filed by a conservative group for several parents, comes as Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state legislature are reportedly moving to add the COVID-19 mRNA shots to the list of required inoculations for schoolchildren.
- Parents are suing California over a state law that eliminated religious exemptions for school-mandated vaccines. The federal lawsuit was brought by Advocates for Faith and Freedom, a nonprofit law firm dedicated to protecting religious liberty.
- The case, filed Tuesday in the Southern District of California, challenges SB 277, arguing the legislation restricting religious exemptions violates the constitutional rights of parents to make medical decisions for their children.
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Parents Sue California Over Vaccine Mandates In Schools
Ada Hegde, age 14 months, reacts as registered nurse Reisa Lancaster administers a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Children's National Hospital's research campus, Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Washington. Holding Ada are her mother Sarah Close and father Chinmay Hegde. U.S. health officials have opened COVID-19 vaccines for infants, toddlers and preschoolers — the last group without the shots. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
