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Vaccination and religion have interrelations of varying kinds. No major religion prohibits vaccinations , and some consider it an obligation because of the potential to save lives. [ 1 ] However, some people cite religious adherence [ 2 ] as a basis for opting to forego vaccinating themselves or their children . [ 3 ]
Doctors sought a blood transfusion, but A.C. and her parents refused on religious grounds; child welfare officials moved to take her into care and a court ordered that she be given the transfusion. The judge said he was satisfied she was competent, but since she was under 16 the judge felt that her competence was immaterial to existing law. [6]
"Within hospitals walls", wrote Porter, "the Christian ethos was all pervasive". From just 12 beds in 1288, the Sta Maria Nuova in Florence "gradually expanded by 1500 to a medical staff of ten doctors, a pharmacist, and several assistants, including female surgeons", and was boasted of as the "first hospital among Christians". [22]
Six San Francisco public transport employees who were fired for refusing to get COVID-19 vaccines have been awarded ... for refusing the vaccine on “sincerely held religious beliefs.” ...
An informed consent clause, although allowing medical professionals not to perform procedures against their conscience, does not allow professionals to give fraudulent information to deter a patient from obtaining such a procedure (such as lying about the risks involved in an abortion to deter one from obtaining one) in order to impose one's belief using deception.
More than 12,000 military service members refusing the COVID-19 vaccine are seeking religious exemptions, and so far they are having zero success. Meanwhile, troops claiming religious reasons for ...
Believers assert that the healing of disease and disability can be brought about by religious faith through prayer or other rituals that, according to adherents, can stimulate a divine presence and power. Religious belief in divine intervention does not depend on empirical evidence of an evidence-based outcome achieved via faith healing. [2]
Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill discusses themes in the Disney Pixar animated film "Coco" ahead of Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead.