Groups file suit to stop enforcement of Morrisey’s vaccine exemption order

Lawsuit Aims to Stop Religious Exemptions From Vaccines in West Virginia

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing West Virginia over its policy that enables students to receive religious exemptions from vaccines required for school attendance. West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey in January directed health officials to let families receive religious exemptions from shots mandated for school attendance if they sign a document establishing their objections. Morrisey, a Republican, wrote at the time that forcin…

Groups file suit to stop enforcement of Morrisey’s vaccine exemption order

The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) and Mountain State Justice (MSJ) have filed a lawsuit on behalf of two parents asking a court to stop state education officials from enforcing Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s executive order on vaccine…

ACLU, Mountain State Justice file lawsuit over Morrisey’s vaccine mandate order - West Virginia Daily News

Two legal advocacy organizations filed legal action Friday over an executive order by Gov. Patrick Morrisey that requires the state health officials to recognize religious and philosophical exemptions to the state’s schools vaccine mandates — exemptions that are not a part of state law. The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia and Mountain State Justice filed the writ of mandamus Friday in Kanawha County Circuit Court on behalf of Mar…