Parents with their children and medical professionals listen to testimony from proponents for allowing exemption from the vaccination requirement for school attendance based on religious beliefs during a meeting of House Judiciary B Committee, Jan. 24, 2018, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. A federal judge ruled Monday, April 17, 2023, that Mississippi must join most other states in allowing religious exemptions from vaccinations required before children can enroll in school. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi must join most other states in allowing religious exemptions from vaccinations that children are required to receive so they can attend school, a federal judge has ruled.
