Healthcare workers continue legal battle against Maine's COVID-19 vaccine mandate

A group of Maine healthcare workers is appealing the dismissal of their lawsuit against the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which they believe violated their religious freedom rights. The Liberty Counsel, a conservative Christian legal group, filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit last Friday in the case of Alicia Lowe et al v. Janet Mills. The healthcare workers objected on religious grounds to Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which was enacted during the pandemic in 2021 and eventually repealed by the governor....