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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

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January 27, 2026

CHD Seeks Emergency Order to Keep Teens in School Pending Religious Exemption Lawsuit

Children’s Health Defense is seeking a temporary restraining order to allow two New York high school students to attend school until the courts rule in a lawsuit challenging the state’s repeal of religious exemptions. One of the teens, 17-year-old Raphael Goe, has Down syndrome and has been losing vision and speech skills since the school expelled him in April 2025.

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