Viewpoint: SCOTUS poised to address First Amendment tension between mandatory vaccines, children’s health and religious freedom Sarah Boden | September 28, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/28/viewpoint-scotus-poised-to-address-first-amendment-tension-between-mandatory-vaccines-childrens-health-and-religious-freedom/ Amother in New York State who claims to oppose vaccines because of her Catholic faith lost an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) this week—though Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch said they would have granted her application. For now, the woman’s kindergarten-aged son must be vaccinated to attend school.