During an interview with Fox News, attorney Christopher Ferrara of the Thomas More Society, which is representing Byrne, claimed his client has sought and been denied a legitimately filed exemption from the vaccine rule, explaining that, as a Roman Catholic, she "can have nothing to do with abortion-connected vaccines."

The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was developed using the PER.C6 cell line, which was derived from human embryonic retinal cells, originally extracted from the retinal tissue of an 18-week-old fetus aborted in 1985.

In developing their vaccinations, both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna tested their respective inoculations using the HEK293 cell line, which was originally extracted in 1973 from the kidney of an aborted human embryo.

Initially, DC officials "conceded the sincerity of Sister Deidre's religious objection to being vaccinated," according to a legal complaint filed on behalf of Byrne. But they nevertheless denied her request and "have not granted a single request for religious exemption from the Vaccine Mandate"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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