The Supreme Court has declined to review a series of cases, including one involving Tina Goede, a former AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals employee fired in 2022 for refusing to take a COVID-19 vaccine mandated by her employer. Goede, who worked as an account sales manager, often visited healthcare facilities where vaccination proof was required. She argued that her refusal was based on her pro-life Catholic and Christian beliefs, stating that the vaccine, specifically the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines, was tested on aborted fetal cells and thus, taking it would violate her religious principles. Despite her claims, AstraZeneca dismissed her for noncompliance, and her appeal for unemployment benefits was denied by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. The decision was upheld by an appeals court, and her lawyer's attempt to bring her First Amendment arguments before the Supreme Court was rejected.
Her lawyer had sought for the high court to hear her First Amendment arguments against the state’s Department of Employment and Economic Development and AstraZeneca. https://t.co/ZUCKW5BQof
The decision by the unemployment law judge was affirmed by the appeals court, prompting Ms. Goede’s lawyer to take the case to the Supreme Court. https://t.co/ZUCKW5BiyH
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The company, though, fired her for noncompliance and rejected her religious objection to taking the shot. She filed for unemployment benefits with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, but the unemployment law judge denied her any benefits.…
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a former AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals employee fired in 2022 for not taking the COVID-19 shot, which she declined on religious grounds. https://t.co/qcuAIFCz4t
She said her denial was due to her pro-life Catholic and Christian worldview, which meant that her body is a “temple of the Holy Spirit” and that the vaccine was tested on aborted fetal cells. She declined to take either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines, according to court records.…
Tina Goede, who worked at AstraZeneca as an account sales manager for a little more than a year, refused to take a COVID-19 vaccine, as required by her employer. In her role, she often had to visit health care facilities where proof of vaccination was required.…
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The Supreme Court turned away a case over whether a former AstraZeneca manager was illegally denied unemployment benefits after being fired for defying the company's Covid-19 vaccine policy on religious grounds. https://t.co/q0i3wT53nc
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