Health Worker Can Proceed With Religious Bias Suit Over Vaccine

A healthcare facility lost its bid to dismiss a former employee’s religious discrimination claims over its Covid-19 vaccine policy.

Katina E. Hernandez sued Bayhealth Medical Center Inc. after the company terminated her for refusing to get the vaccine, the US District Court for the District of Delaware said. The medical center mandated Hernandez either get vaccinated or obtain a medical or religious exemption.

Hernandez said she doesn’t support vaccines that have “abortion-derived origins” and asserted that the vaccine utilized “fetal cells obtained from aborted babies,” which violates her religious beliefs. “Other district courts handling similar religious discrimination cases” involving the ...