Teen who sued San Diego Unified over vaccine mandate to file appeal after judge rejects exemption
SAN DIEGO — Lawyers representing a Scripps Ranch High School student who sued the San Diego Unified School District over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate have filed an appeal after a federal judge denied the teen’s request for an exemption.
The 16-year-old junior and her family contend in the lawsuit that the girl’s Christian beliefs prohibit her from taking the vaccine since it was tested on stem cell lines derived from aborted fetal cells collected decades ago. Fetal cell lines are regularly used in the research and development of vaccines and common medications including Tylenol, Pepto Bismol and Sudafed.
The lawsuit claimed that the district’s policy, which requires staff and students age 16 and older to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 20, would violate the girl’s right to freely exercise her faith.
“Our clients are opposed to the COVID-19 vaccines because they were all either made or tested using aborted fetal cells,” said Paul Jonna, a Rancho Santa Fe attorney working on the case, in a statement. “Our clients are firmly pro-life and refuse to benefit from vaccines that were made in this way, which they view as immoral — as do many other people of faith.”
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