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 U.S. District Judge David Hurd in Utica, New York in a written order
said he was blocking the mandate from taking effect on Sept. 27
because it does not allow for exemptions based on workers' religious
beliefs.
The order came in a lawsuit filed on Monday by 17 doctors, nurses
and other healthcare professionals who say New York's requirement
violates their constitutional rights in various ways.
The plaintiffs are all Christians who say they object to receiving
the vaccines because the cell lines of aborted fetuses were used in
their testing and development.
Hurd gave the state until Sept. 22 to respond to the lawsuit, and
said he will hold a Sept. 28 hearing on whether to block the vaccine
requirement from taking effect pending the outcome of the case.
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 The mandate was issued https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-york-orders-all-healthcare-workers-get-covid-19-vaccine-2021-08-16
last month by former New York Governor Andrew
Cuomo, who said at the time that about 75% of
the state's roughly 450,000 hospital workers
were fully vaccinated.
The New York Attorney General's office, which
represents the state, did not immediately
respond to a request for comment. Nor did
lawyers for the plaintiffs.
(Reporting by Daniel Wiessner in New York;
Editing by Alistair Bell)
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