Nearly 20 state legislators are protesting Indiana University’s decision to require all students and employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, and they want the governor to block the move. A letter dated Tuesday to Gov. Eric Holcomb calls on him to prohibit any state university from mandating vaccines that don’t have full U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval. The letter follows IU’s announcement on Friday that COVID-19 vaccinations will.
Nearly 20 state legislators are protesting Indiana University’s decision to require all students and employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, and they want the governor to block the move.
INDIANAPOLIS â Rep. Denny Zent of Angola was one of 19 who signed a letter penned by Seymour Rep. Jim Lucas, demanding Gov. Eric Holcomb intervene in Indiana Universityâs decision to require COVID-19 vaccinations this fall.
A letter dated Tuesday to Holcomb calls on him to prohibit any state university from mandating vaccines that donât have full U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.
The letter follows IUâs announcement on Friday that COVID-19 vaccinations will be required for the fall semester on all of its campuses, the Associated Press reported
âEnforcing a mandate that students and faculty accept a vaccine that does not have full FDA approval is unconscionable,â said the letter written by Rep. Jim Lucas of Seymour and signed by 18 fellow Republican House members. No high-ranking Republican leaders, however, signed the letter, though some were committee chairs.
Holcomb urged to overrule IU policy
19 Republicans calling for block of vaccine mandate
NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS – Nineteen Republican state representatives sent a letter Tuesday to Gov. Eric Holcomb asking him to block Indiana University s policy requiring students, faculty and staff to get the COVID-19 vaccination.
“Nobody is disputing that COVID-19 is real, or dismissing the contributions of healthcare professionals over the past year; however, enforcing a mandate that students and faculty accept a vaccine that does not have full FDA approval is unconscionable,” said the letter spearheaded by Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour.
Lucas said he is also speaking with Attorney General Todd Rokita on the matter. Rokita s office did not respond to several emails seeking an opinion on the legality of the mandate.