New Jersey Bill to Eliminate Religious Exemptions for Vaccines Fails

Protesters against a bill that would end religious exemptions for vaccines stand outside the New Jersey State House in Trenton, N.J. on Jan. 13, 2020. Celia Farber/The Epoch Times

TRENTON, N.J.—Protesters were jubilant the evening of Jan. 13 as the New Jersey state Senate failed on the last day of the legislative session to bring to a vote a measure that would have eliminated religious exemptions for state-mandated vaccines.

Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester), who couldn’t muster the votes needed for passage, vowed that the bill would be reintroduced and promised to be “ready to go to war” over the measure.