There’s no civil liberties problem with requiring WV public school students to be fully vaccinated • West Virginia Watch

There’s no civil liberties problem with requiring WV public school students to be fully vaccinated • West Virginia Watch

Sen. Tom Takubo, R-Kanawha, a doctor, was one of 12 votes against a senate bill allowing religious exemptions for vaccinations. (Will Price | West Virginia Legislative Photography)Does West Virginia’s vaccine mandate for public school students violate civil liberties? Some in the state Legislature and Governor’s Mansion seem to think so. ACLU-WV disagrees. For 105 years, the ACLU has defended religious freedom. One of our landmark religious free…

There’s no civil liberties problem with requiring WV public school

Does West Virginia’s vaccine mandate for public school students violate civil liberties? Some in the state Legislature and Governor’s Mansion seem to think so. ACLU-WV disagrees. For 105 years, the ACLU has defended religious freedom. One of our landmark religious freedom cases was right here in West Virginia — Barnette v. Board of Education, in which ACLU attorneys successfully represented Jehovah’s Witness students in Kanawha County who refuse…