Breaking: Children’s Health Defense Sues New York in Bid to Restore Religious Exemptions

The lawsuit comes one week after a U.S. Supreme Court favorable ruling in another religious…

Children's Health Defense

by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D.

Children’s Health Defense (CHD) and a group of parents today sued the state of New York in federal court. The lawsuit asks the court to rule that the state’s 2019 law that repealed religious exemptions is unconstitutional.

New York lawmakers ended religious exemptions following a 2018-2019 measles outbreak in Brooklyn and Rockland County that prompted county officials to issue an emergency order.

The 2019 law forced families to choose between violating their religious beliefs to comply with the state’s vaccine mandates or denying their children the opportunity to attend school.

CHD’s lawsuit comes one week after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a favorable ruling in another New York religious exemption case…