Supreme Court rejects challenge to Connecticut law that eliminated religious vaccination exemption

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to a 2021 Connecticut law that eliminated the state’s longstanding religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities.

The justices did not comment in leaving in place a federal appeals court ruling that upheld the contentious law. A lower court judge had earlier dismissed the lawsuit challenging the law, which drew protests at the state Capitol.

Connecticut law requires students to receive certain immunizations before enrolling in school, allowing some medical exemptions. Prior to 2021, students also could seek religious exemptions. Lawmakers ended the religious exemption over concerns that an uptick in exemption requests was coupled with a decline in vaccination rates in some schools.

A_A,
@A_A@lemmy.world avatar

Logical math :
Supreme Court (-1) x (-1) to Connecticut law that (-1) religious vaccination (-1)
= =
S.Court ( -1x-1x-1x-1 = +1 = approuves) vaccine

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, (edited )
@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world avatar

For anyone else who’s confused by the headline: This means there isn’t a religious exemption to vaccines in Connecticut.

The bad guys lost. Yay!

MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown,

Thank you!

That’s too many negatives in too short a sentence.

ilovededyoupiggy,
@ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works avatar

I’ve noticed that about a ton of SCOTUS-related headlines lately. They rejected a challenge to a lawsuit challenging the rejection of the appeal that failed to reject the rejection of their earlier rejected appeal. Takes ten minutes to decipher which side actually won.

darharrison,

Every article about a SCOTUS decision from this week had a title that was at least this brain-breakingly bad, it’s gotta stop…

Kvoth,

Here’s my thing about religious exemption, and my parents used it for me, because they didn’t believe in it 30 years ago. Give me one religious text that actually says you shouldn’t vaccinate. Just one. You don’t have it? Bye bye.

Inui,

That’s the funny thing is that they don’t have to. They just sign a form that affirms their strongly held conviction. No explanation necessary, because otherwise school admins would have the messy job of ruling on what is and isn’t legitimate belief. Just have to hope more states follow suit.

resonate6279,

Just to clear the air, the objection tends to be on the grounds that certain medicines/vaccines are tested on stem cells harvested from an aborted baby. While there are other objections, this is the most common one I have run into.

If these individuals are consistent in their objections (avoid tylonel, Advil, and any other meds tested in these stem cells) Then I believe we should respect their religious convictions. But, consistentcy is key here, you can’t pick and choose.

We either believe that people have the right to have different beliefs than others, or we don’t. We also can’t be inconsistent with that ideology. But we can absolutely challenge them when being inconsistent, i.e., if one religious symbol is allowed, any competing ones that someone desires to place must also be allowed.

harrys_balzac,

Um, no.

Letting yourself and your family be potential carriers of disease because your invisible sky daddy says abortion bad - which in the Bible is not the case - is forcing your beliefs on others.

You don’t want to vaccinate your kids to help protect the community at large? Then don’t be surprised when society rejects your dumb selfish ass. Homeschool and wear masks out in public if you really believe.

DevCat,
@DevCat@lemmy.world avatar

In a civilized country, this would not be a political question, but, rather, a medical one.

billiam0202,

In a civilized country, this would not be a political question, but, rather, a medical one.

You’re talking about abortion, right?

No, it’s birth control, isn’t it?

No, I’ve got it this time- you’re talking about trans care!

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