Supreme Court Won’t Exempt California Schoolchild From Vaccination Mandate

An advocacy group argued a parent should be able to secure an exemption because her child objects to vaccines developed from aborted fetuses.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 6, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 17 rejected an advocacy group’s emergency application to allow a religious parent to opt her child out of California’s mandatory vaccination policy for schoolchildren.

The court’s decision in We The Patriots USA v. Ventura Unified School District took the form of an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its ruling.