High Court Allows Vaccine Mandate Without Religious Opt-Out
- Three conservative justices say court should have intervened
- Barrett, Kavanaugh suggest court should limit emergency orders
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A divided U.S. Supreme Court refused to order Maine to allow religious exemptions to its new requirement that health-care workers be inoculated against Covid-19.
Over dissents by three conservative justices, the high court rejected a group of workers and one employer who said their religious views put them at risk of losing their jobs and health-care practice. The challengers said they object to the three available vaccines because they have links to cell lines derived from aborted fetuses.