The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the case of a woman removed from a high-priority organ transplant list for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announced on June 8.
“Ms. Lewis is deeply disappointed that the Supreme Court of Canada decided not to hear her case,” said Allison Pejovic, legal counsel for Sheila Annette Lewis. “She had hoped that justice would prevail in the courts for herself and other unvaccinated transplant candidates across Canada. Unfortunately, her constitutional challenge has ended today, while the unscientific COVID-19 vaccine mandate persists with no end in sight.”
In 2018, Lewis was diagnosed with a terminal illness and told she would not survive without an organ transplant. She was placed on a waiting list in 2020, but in 2021 she was informed that a COVID-19 vaccine would be required to receive the organ….