HFDF Lawsuit Prompts Executive Order Barring COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
On Monday, August 16, 2021, prompted by a Health Freedom Defense Fund (HFDF) lawsuit, Governor Ducey of Arizona issued an Executive Order barring any city, county, state, or state entity from mandating COVID-19 vaccines thereby protecting the rights of Arizonans to direct their own healthcare choices. HFDF thanks Governor Ducey for defending the most basic of human rights, that of bodily autonomy. The Governor’s order capped off a day of twists and turns in HFDF’s lawsuit, filed August 2, 2021 on behalf of Phoenix High School teacher Douglas Hester. The lawsuit sought a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Phoenix Union High School District’s mask mandate because it violates a new Arizona law prohibiting mask and vaccine mandates. “The legislature is the legislative branch of government, charged with making law, yet the school district, defiantly pledged to follow CDC’s non-binding recommendations even though they contradict state law. CDC does not have the power or authority to make health laws, merely to issue recommendations,” said HFDF president Leslie Manookian. Read more... |
