The Supreme Court refused on June 30 to take up an appeal by 16 health care workers who object on religious grounds to New York state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health care workers.
New York’s mandate offers medical exemptions but not religious exemptions.
The petitioners, who served New York communities throughout the COVID–19 pandemic, object to all COVID-19 vaccines because they were developed using cell lines derived from aborted children.
Three conservative justices dissented from the high court’s refusal to grant the petition for review filed Feb. 14 in the case known as Dr. A v. Hochul, court file 21-1143.
In the unsigned order, the other justices did not explain why they decided against hearing the case. Justices usually do not offer explanations when deciding which appeals to take on. For such a petition to be granted, at least four of the nine justices must agree….