Connecticut judge upholds school vaccine requirements, dismissal of challenge to religious exemption ban

Judge Upholds Connecticut’s Removal of Religious Vaccine Exemptions

The case was dismissed because legislators had already changed the state law in response to legal challenges.

CT court upholds law: No religious exemptions to vaccines

A Superior Court judge in Stamford on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a Connecticut law that eliminated religious exemptions from school vaccine requirements. In the 2022 lawsuit, Spillane vs. Lamont, two mothers from Orange and Greenwich claimed that eliminating religious exemptions for student immunizations violated the state and federal constitutions, as well as Connecticut’s Religious Freedom and Restoration Act, or RFRA. Two years la…

CT Court Upholds State's School Vaccine Requirements

Plaintiffs in this state court challenge had alleged that the elimination of the religious exemption violated the Connecticut and U.S. Constitutions and Connecticut’s Religious Freedom and Restoration Act.

Connecticut judge upholds school vaccine requirements, dismissal of challenge to religious exemption ban

The lawsuit argued that Connecticut's policy violated the state's 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act.