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Federal judge strikes down religious exemption to Arkansas vaccination law

Published in Vaccine Weekly, September 11th, 2002

A federal judge has struck down a religious exemption to a state statute requiring vaccinations before children can attend public school.

The exemption, granted only to members of "recognized churches," violates the establishment and free association clauses of the First Amendment, Judge Susan Webber Wright ruled August 13, 2002.

The decision left intact the state's vaccination requirement, meaning students still are subject to the requirement with no religious exemption to immunization.

The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by Cynthia Boone, the mother of a student who refused to be vaccinated. The lawsuit said that although...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2002-09-11)

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