Follow RT on Hours after Connecticut became the sixth US state to disallow religious exemption from childhood vaccination requirements for schools, a coalition of pro-personal liberty groups has mounted legal challenges to overturn the law.
After three years of protests and controversy, Governor Ned Lamont signed bill HB6423 – which removes a clause enshrined in law since 1959 that allowed non-immunized children to attend school, college, and daycare – on Wednesday after it was approved by the Democrat-majority Senate late on Tuesday night.
Over 2,000 protesters – many holding up signs that said
“Parents call the shots,” “My body, my kids, my choice,” and
“Coercion is not consent” – had rallied outside the state Capitol building, contending that the legislation infringes on parental rights and religious liberties.
A lawsuit that aims to reject the religious vaccine exemption law that the governor signed into law on April 28 (HB-6423) was filed by two organizations and.
Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org
Joshua Coleman of California gives a speech to the protestors gathered at the Connecticut State Capitol Tuesday as the Senate voted on the religious exemption bill.
Two organizations and three parents opposed to the recently enacted law repealing Connecticut’s religious exemption from mandatory school vaccinations are suing the state Departments of Education and Public Health, the Office of Early Childhood Development and three local boards of education, saying the new policy violates their rights to privacy and medical freedom, to exercise religion, and to child rearing, among other claims.
The state Senate on Tuesday gave final passage to a bill repealing Connecticut’s religious exemption. Gov. Ned Lamont signed the measure the next day.