Category: religious exemption

Supreme Court Rejects Religious Challenge to Maine Vaccine Mandate

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday turned away healthcare workers seeking a religious exemption to Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the latest battle over vaccination to reach the justices. The court, which has a 6-3 conservative-leaning majority, rejected a request made by nine unnamed plaintiffs who identified themselves as healthcare workers who object to receiving…


Supreme Court Declines to Block Maine COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Workers

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency request by healthcare workers seeking a religious exemption to the state of Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The court’s decision not to grant the immediate relief for the healthcare workers until it decides to review the case, means the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate to take effect while…


Illinois Healthcare Workers Protest Against COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

EVANSTON, Ill.—It was David Smith’s first protest, and he never thought it would be against the hospital system where he had risked his own life to save others. A 34-year veteran medical professional, Smith served AIDS patients in the 90s, swine flu patients in 2009, and COVID-19 patients in the last two years. He caught…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Oct. 1)

California will soon become the first state to mandate vaccines for eligible students in K–12, New York state health care workers can now file temporary religious exemptions against the vaccine mandate, and drugmaker Merck says its experimental drug for COVID-19 cuts the risk of death or hospitalization by 50 percent.


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Sept. 24)

Two states are trying to make President Joe Biden bring back a Trump-era immigration policy. They say the law is on their side, and the administration is dragging its feet. A global microchip shortage is further forcing down auto production numbers. The White House has called for aggressive action, saying the situation is getting worse….


Religious Exemption Denials by Hospital Reversed After Nurses Take Stand

Pomona Valley Hospital (PVH) reversed its decision denying vaccine exemption requests submitted by more than 200 nurses and other staff, after the group hired an attorney to represent them. The employees had each submitted the hospital’s declination form requesting exemption from the vaccine based on their personal religious beliefs in response to state and county COVID-19…


After Blanket Denial of Religious Vaccine Exemptions, California Nurses Hire Attorney

IRVINE, Calif.—A group of Pomona Valley Hospital nurses and other healthcare workers have hired an attorney in response to an emailed form letter they received from Pomona Valley Hospital administrators denying their requests for religious exemption from the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The Epoch Times obtained a copy of the blanket email sent Aug. 31,…


New Jersey GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Opposes Vaccine Mandate

A Republican candidate running for governor of New Jersey in November and challenging the incumbent Democrat told a local PAC in July that he supports medical freedom and vaccine choice while opposing mandatory vaccinations or vaccine passports. Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican candidate for the governor of New Jersey, said in an interview with New Jersey…


Connecticut Ends Religious Vaccine Exemptions for Students

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed into law on Wednesday a bill that ends religious exemptions from mandatory school vaccinations in the state. Medical exemptions from immunizations remain in effect. “Serious illnesses that have been well-controlled for many decades, such as measles, tuberculosis, and whooping cough … have reemerged,” Lamont said in a statement. “The number…