Lamont Eliminates Religious Exemption For Vaccines, And Opponents Prepare For Court
Tyler Russell / Connecticut Public Families who oppose Connecticut’s new law eliminating the state’s religious exemption to childhood vaccines will take their fight to court, announcing their plans just hours after the governor signed the bill into law. The challengers stood on the steps of the Connecticut Supreme Court in Hartford Wednesday, explaining their plans to file lawsuits in both state and federal courts to overturn a law they say is unconstitutional. “This lawsuit will strike at the heart of claims that there can ever be a public health emergency such that fundamenta...