Vouchers and Vaccines

The Catholic Thing · Aug 8, 2026 · 6m

By Daniel Guernsey The state of Florida is threatening to pull over a billion dollars of school choice funds from Catholic schools because those schools refuse to admit unvaccinated children in obedience to the policy of the Florida Catholic Conference. The Florida Attorney General's notice to the Conference urges it to respect the conscience rights of those Florida citizens who do not want to give their children vaccines derived from aborted fetal tissue. The notice requires clarification of the Conference's religious basis for denying conscience exemptions by yesterday (August 7th). The…