Forty-Five states have legislation allowing religious exemptions from otherwise mandatory
vaccines for school age children. However, in New York no religious exemptions are allowed,
even for Amish children attending Amish owned schools which receive no state or federal
funds.

A group of Amish plaintiffs filed a suit stating that the vaccination requirement denied their
First Amendment Freedom of Religion. So far two NY Federal Courts have decided against the
rights of the plaintiffs and now the Supreme Court is considering whether it will hear this case.

Meanwhile, 22 state attorneys general have filed briefs in support of the Amish plaintiffs,
which is highly unusual. One attorney for the plaintiffs, Greg Glaser, stated: “This is not just a
New York issue, nor is it limited to vaccines. It’s a national battle over the meaning of religious
freedom.” He added, “These (state) attorneys general understand that if this ruling is left to
stand, it gives a green light to state legislatures to target and dismantle religious freedom they
find politically inconvenient.”

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