In his dissenting opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas repeated the long-debunked notion that Covid vaccinations are manufactured from the cells of “aborted children.”
The Supreme Court had previously decided not to hear a case brought by New York medical professionals who had objected to the state’s vaccination law on religious grounds.
The plaintiffs’ claim that the medical professionals “object” to the state’s vaccine requirement “on religious grounds to all existing COVID-19 vaccines since they were generated using cell lines derived from aborted children” was referenced by Thomas.
It is untrue that fetal cell lines were used to create the Covid vaccinations, and they don’t include any aborted cells.
Early on in the development of the Covid vaccine, Pfizer and Moderna, two vaccine producers, tested the effectiveness of their formulations on fetal cell lining.
These procedures utilised fetal tissue from elective abortions that took place decades ago.
Since then, the cells have multiplied several times, and no original tissue was utilised in the creation of these current vaccines.
The rubella vaccination was tested using these lab-grown stem cells, which were first produced from fetal cells approximately 50 years ago, according to attorneys for New York State.
The vaccines contain messenger RNA, genetic information that instructs cells to produce proteins and trains the immune system to combat the coronavirus.
Along with salt, sugar, and chemicals required to help stabilize the components, the vaccinations also contain fats known as lipids that aid in the passage of RNA through cell membranes.
However, Justice Thomas and Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito cited the false allegation.
In order to stop the spread of the most recent Covid strain, the vaccination requirement for New York’s government employees went into effect in August.
Although that was ultimately deleted, it allowed for exclusions based on medical conditions or religious concerns.
The Roman Catholic governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, stated that she was not aware of any “sanctioned religious opposition from any organized religion” and pointed out that religious figures, including the pope, were urging people to get immunized.
In a lawsuit filed by sixteen healthcare professionals, they claimed that using fetal cell lines in the testing, development, or production of the vaccinations violated their religious beliefs.
Attorneys for New York State claimed that the requirement was comparable to earlier laws that mandated measles and rubella vaccinations for healthcare workers.
The attorneys argued in their filings that “the existence of a single, limited medical exemption to a vaccine obligation does not obligate the State to establish a blanket religious exemption from immunization.”