NEW YORK—A group of 55 families filed a lawsuit on July 10 asking the New York State Supreme Court to stop the statewide repeal of the religious exemption to vaccines.
Following a measles outbreak in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill on June 13 that repealed the religious exemption to vaccines. The families—including those from the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faiths—argue that the repeal of the exemption violated their First Amendment rights, exhibited hostility toward religion, and breached protections under the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause, among other issues.
