New West Virginia Governor Issues Executive Order Restoring Vaccine Religious Exemptions

West Virginia has a new governor, and he wasted no time granting parents the freedom to claim a religious vaccine exemption to opt their children out of required school vaccinations.

Just 24 hours after his inauguration, Republican Governor Patrick Morrisey signed an Executive Order that allows parents to claim religious or moral exemptions for their students to attend state schools and state-regulated childcare centers—a monumental shift for a state historically known for having some of the strictest vaccine mandates in the country. READ MORE…