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AUSTIN, Texas (LifeSiteNews) – Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott moved Monday to preserve freedom of choice over COVID-19 vaccines in the Lone Star State, issuing an executive order banning any private or public entity from coercing Texans into taking the shots.
“No entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine by any individual, including an employee or a consumer, who objects to such vaccination for any reason of personal conscience, based on a religious belief, or for medical reasons, including prior recovery from COVID-19,” the executive order reads.
Abbott, who endorses the vaccines themselves as “safe [and] effective,” framed the action as a counterweight to the Biden administration’s impending mandate that all businesses with 100 or more workers require proof of vaccination or weekly testing, “causing workforce disruptions that threaten Texas’s continued recovery from the COVID-19 disaster.” He also called on the Texas Legislature to enact legislation codifying his order in state law.
The decision was met with hostility from Abbott’s usual critics on the political
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