RICHMOND, Va. (CN) —A Fourth Circuit panel rejected a West Virginia family’s religious challenge to school vaccine requirements on Wednesday, determining that the state law serves the public interest.
“We live in a society that accords its citizens enormous benefits. In return, states can, in a measured way, require certain exactions and accommodations to the broader social interest,” U.S. Circuit Judge Harvie Wilkinson, a Ronald Reagan appointee, wrote for the majority. “West Virginia’s compulsory vaccination law does exactly that. It is a legitimate exercise of the state’s power to protect the health and well-being of school children.”
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