Oregon Health Illegally Questions Religious Beliefs

PORTLAND, OR – Liberty Counsel sent a demand letter to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) on behalf of health care workers who have been unlawfully discriminated against and denied religious exemptions from the COVID shot mandate. OHSU ostensibly offered its employees a process for requesting a medical or religious exception to its “mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy” with all requests due by September 20, 2021. For religious exception requests, OHSU required submission of its “OHSU Member COVID-19 Vaccine Religious Exception Request Form.” However, after the submission deadline, OHSU introduced its “Vaccine Exception Review Panel” and revealed a “very narrow criteria for approving medical or religious exemptions” had been added that declares that religious beliefs leading to “objection to the vaccine on the basis of fetal cell concerns” and “objection to the vaccine based upon bodily integrity or sanctity” are insufficient for exemption from the shot mandate.