Mississippi must allow religious exemption for childhood vaccines, judge orders
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - JUNE 16: St. Luke's Work Well Clinic Medical Assistant Crissy Parmeter gives a tetanus shot to an Iowa resident at the St.
Luke's Work Well Clinic June 16, 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The clinic has given away 2,000 shots since Fri JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi must join most other states in allowing religious exemptions from vaccinations that children are required to receive so they can attend school, a federal judge has ruled.U.S.
District Judge Sul Ozerden handed down the decision Monday in a lawsuit filed last year by several parents who say their religious beliefs have led them to keep their children unvaccinated and out of Mississippi schools.
According to the lawsuit, some of the plaintiffs are homeschooling their children, while others have family or work connections in Mississippi but live in other states that allow religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations.Ozerden set a July 15 deadline for the Mississippi State Department of Health to allow religious exemptions.
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