Students Sue Catholic University for Denying Them Religious Exemptions to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

Students Sue Catholic University for Denying Them Religious Exemptions to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
Vials containing doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Los Angeles on April 9, 2021. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
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A group of students is suing Creighton University, a Jesuit Catholic institution in Nebraska, for refusing to grant them religious exemptions to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

The lawsuit was brought against Creighton by four female students who alleged that they received “arbitrary and disparate treatment” because of their religious objections to COVID-19 vaccination. Specifically, the women argued that the vaccines were developed or tested using abortion-derived fetal cell lines, which goes against their Christian beliefs.

Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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