A coalition of major national public health groups filed a lawsuit Monday against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his vaccine policies.
The suit, from the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians, a number of other health groups and a Jane Doe, seeks an injunction to halt Kennedy’s directive to remove the COVID-19 vaccination for children and healthy pregnant women from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended immunization schedule.
“Unless the Secretary’s baseless and uninformed policy decision is vacated, pregnant women, their unborn children, and, in fact, all children remain at grave and immediate risk of contracting a preventable disease,” the suit reads. “This decision immediately exposes these vulnerable populations to a serious illness with potentially irreversible long-term effects and, in some cases, death. This is not a hypothetical concern, but a pressing public health emergency that demands immediate legal action and correction.”