Liberty Counsel leads the way in fighting against the unlawful shot mandates across America through strategic lawsuits and demand letters on behalf of health care workers, federal employees, military personnel, students and more.
The COVID shots cannot be mandatory under authorization of emergency use (EUA). On March 27, 2020, the Health and Human Services (HHS) declared that circumstances exist justifying the EUA of drugs and biological products for COVID-19. That means people must be told the risks and benefits, and they have the right to decline a medication that is not fully licensed. All of the COVID-19 shots (Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson) have received only EUA authorization and not full FDA approval. The federal Emergency Use Authorization law and the FDA, including the FDA Fact Sheet, state unequivocally that each person has the “option to accept or refuse” the shots. In addition to federal law, the FDA includes the Nuremberg Code and the Helsinki Declaration on its website, emphasizing the fact that people cannot be forced to take experimental drugs without their full consent.
1. All existing Pfizer vials (in the hundreds of millions), remain under the federal Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) (meaning people have the “option to accept or refuse”).
2. The third or “booster” Pfizer shot is identical to the above and remains under the EUA with limited use to certain categories of people.
3. BioNTech received FDA approval for people ages 16 and above under the name Comirnaty, but there are no Comirnaty doses available in the United States.
4. Moderna received FDA approval under the name Spikevax, but there are currently no doses available in the United States.
5. There is currently NO FDA approved COVID-19 injection available anywhere in the United States. Every COVID shot in America remains under the EUA law and thus people have the “option to accept or refuse” them.
6. Even when an FDA approved COVID shot becomes available, individuals are protected by federal law and many states laws from being forced to get these shots based on their sincere religious beliefs or conscience rights.
COVID shots also cannot be mandatory under Title VII. In general, employee vaccine religious exemption requests must be accommodated, where a reasonable accommodation exists without undue hardship to the employer, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Many people hold sincere religious beliefs against taking any vaccines, or taking those derived from aborted fetal cell lines, or taking those sold by companies that profit from the sale of vaccines and other products derived from abortion. Title VII, as amended, prohibits two categories of employment practices. It is unlawful for an employer: “(1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; or (2) to limit, segregate, or classify his employees or applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.”
Many people hold sincere religious beliefs against taking any vaccines, or taking those derived from aborted fetal cell lines, or taking those sold by companies that profit from the sale of vaccines and other products derived from abortion. Employees may claim religious exemptions under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993. This law applies to all levels of the federal government.
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RESOURCES
Legal Help for Religious Exemptions from Vaccinations
Resources and Research about COVID Shots
MEDIA
Defending Our Defenders: Supporting Our Military in the Shot Mandate War (ARTICLE)
‘National Catastophe’: Thousands of Healthcare Heroes Threatened with Termination (ARTICLE)
More Methodist Health System Workers Win Against Forced COVID Vaccine (ARTICLE)
Roger Gannam Discusses the Status of Religious Exemptions for the COVID Vaccine (VIDEO)
Demand Letter Leads Methodist Health System to Honor Religious COVID Vaccine Exemptions (ARTICLE)
PRESS RELEASES
Lawsuits
MAINE
Court Denies Governor’s Attempt To Stop Maine Health Care Workers Case
Maine Health Care Workers Head to SCOTUS
Maine Health Care Workers Appeal Against Case Dismissal
Maine Health Care Workers Appeal Case Dismissal
Maine Health Care Workers Will Appeal
Maine Health Care Workers Continue To Seek Relief
Maine Health Care Workers Ask Appeals Court To Protect Their Identities
Media Companies Must Stop Harassing Maine Health Care Workers
Maine Health Care Workers Ask Court to Protect Their Identities from Media
Maine Health Care Workers File Appeal Against Revealing Identities
Maine Governor Violates the Law with Shot Mandate
Maine Health Care Workers Ask SCOTUS to Take Case
Maine Health Care Workers Reply to SCOTUS for Emergency Relief
LC Seeks to Expedite Relief in Maine Health Care Case at SCOTUS
Maine Health Care Workers Ask SCOTUS to Review Case
Liberty Counsel Will Ask SCOTUS to Review Maine Health Care Workers’ Case
SCOTUS Orders Maine to Respond
Maine Health Care Workers Return to U.S. Supreme Court
Maine Shot Mandate Case Races Through the Courts
Maine Health Care Workers Seek Emergency Relief from SCOTUS
SCOTUS Leaves Door Open for Maine Health Care Workers
Appeals Court Fast Tracks Maine Health Care Workers Case
Maine Health Care Workers Appeal Shot Mandate
Maine Health Care Workers Seek Emergency Relief from Shot Mandate
Maine Shot Mandate Goes to Court
Hearing Set for Maine Health Care Workers Case
Judge Will Expedite Maine Health Care Workers Case
Maine Health Care Heroes File Lawsuit Against Shot Mandate
NEW YORK
NY Health Care Workers’ Shot Mandate Case Cries Out for Justice
NY Health Care Workers Appeal Against Unlawful Shot Mandate
NY Health Care Heroes Appeal Against Shot Mandate
NY Health Care Heroes Will Appeal Lawsuit Against Shot Mandate
Court Grants Anonymity for NY Health Care Workers
New York Faith-Based Nursing Home Threatened With Shutdown Over Shot Mandate
NY Health Care Workers’ Hearing Next Week
NY Health Care Workers’ Lawsuit Hearing Set
Court Grants NY Health Care Heroes Relief Against Shot Mandate
NY Health Care Heroes File Lawsuit Against Shot Mandate
ILLINOIS
$10.3 Million Settlement Funds To Be Distributed for Health Care Workers
Court Grants Final Judgment in $10.3 Million Settlement for Health Care Workers
Court Grants Final Approval in $10.3 Million Settlement for Health Care Workers
Final Approval Hearing Set in $10.3 Million Settlement in Shot Mandate Class Action
LC Files Motion for Final Approval of $10.3 Million Settlement in Shot Mandate Class Action
Court Grants Preliminary Approval for Health Care Workers in $10.3 Million Settlement
Class Action Settlement Over Shot Mandate Is a Wake-Up Call
Health Care Workers Settle COVID Shot Mandate for $10.3 Million
IL Health Care Employees Will Seek Damages from Shot Mandates
IL Health Care Employees Appeal Shot Mandates
IL Health Care Workers Could Prevail with Monetary Damages
IL Hospital Unlawfully Discriminates Against Employees Over Shot Mandate
Class Action Certification Filed for IL NorthShore Health Care Employees
Court Issues Restraining Order Against IL Hospital Over Vaccine Mandate
Health Care Employees Sue NorthShore University HealthSystem
Victories
College Athletes Win Against Shot Mandate
FL Employees in Gainesville Win Against Shot Mandate
Lehigh Valley Health Network Grants Religious Exemptions
TX Methodist Health Services Grants Exemptions After Demand Letter
College Athletes Win TRO Against MI School Shot Mandate
Indiana Students Granted Religious Exemptions Against Shots
More Victories Against Loyola’s Unlawful Shot Mandate
Students Score Victory Against Loyola’s Shot Mandate
Dental School Grants Religious Exemptions for “Vaccine” Policy
Medical Students Win Against Shot Mandate
Demand Letters and Others
Liberty Counsel Advising US Freedom Flyers
Oregon Health Illegally Questions Religious Beliefs
Pfizer Whistleblowers Expose Pfizer's Religious Inquisition Form
Eisenhower Medical Center Unlawfully Denies Religious Exemptions
NorthShore University HealthSystem Must Obey the Law
Dishonorable Discharge After 29 Years of Honorable Service
Mercy Health Must Accept Religious Exemptions
NY Mandates Creating a State of Emergency
Riverside Healthcare Discrimination Must End
Military Heroes Are Facing Dishonorable Discharge
Southern Illinois Healthcare Must Accept Religious Exemptions
Texas Children’s Hospital Unlawfully Denies Religious Exemptions
Naval Personnel Deceived About COVID Shots and Immunity
Tyson Foods Discriminates Against Religious Exemptions
Biden Violates Federal Law with Shot Mandate
Nursing Shortage Impacts Hospitals
Methodist Health System Unlawfully Denies Religious Exemptions
Health Care Workers Stand Their Ground
Washington State’s Ludicrous Attempt to Suppress Religious Exemptions
NY’s Unlawful Attempt to Refuse Religious Exemptions
United Airlines Must Accommodate Religious Exemptions
School Unlawfully Revokes Student’s Religious Exemption
FDA Does a Bait and Switch with COVID Shots
Airline Employees Placed at Risk from Shot Mandates
FDA Approval of Pfizer Shot Does Not Mean Safe
Pleas for Help from Unlawful COVID Shot Mandates
Graceland Nursing School Must Accommodate Students
Advocate Health Care Must Revise Illegal Exemption Form
Maine Governor Must Honor Religious Exemptions for Shot Mandate
DHS Labels Those Questioning COVID Shots “Domestic Violent Extremists”
Unlawful Shot Mandates Threaten Flight Travel
VA Shot Mandate a Ploy to Increase Injection Rates
COVID Shot Mandates and the Nuremberg Code
DOJ’s COVID Shot Mandate Memo Is Absurd
VA COVID Shot Mandate Violates the Law
Medical School Students Request Religious Exemptions from COVID Shots