A New York couple has filed a lawsuit with the Queens Supreme Court after both were furloughed from their catering jobs for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, citing unknown effects on conception and pregnancy.
Jisserlin Reyes, 33, and Sandra Balbin, 36, planned to conceive via artificial insemination. Balbin said that the company already required wearing masks, social distancing, and getting tested twice a week—all measures with which the couple had complied.
Concerns mounted over the vaccine when the couple’s OB/GYN provided a letter stating that “the safety of the currently available COVID-19 vaccine has not been established.”
According to the Daily News, Balbin was only weeks away from her insemination date and didn’t “want to take any risks.”1
Balbin states the company, which terminated employment for both women on May 28, was going to help pay for the fertilization. Balbin said, “Now I feel like I don’t have the money to do this.”1
Legality of Mandated COVID-19 Vaccine Still in Question
The lawsuit against Great Performances was filed on June 14, 2021, alleging “wrongful termination and discrimination based on disability or sex.”1
The legality surrounding a workplace mandating the experimental COVID-19 vaccine being distributed by vaccine manufacturers under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is still in question. Multiple workplace-mandated vaccine lawsuits have been filed throughout the nation, including by a New Mexico detention center,2 a Los Angeles School district3 and one of Houston’s largest medical networks.4
The couple’s attorney stated that the women being fired under the given circumstances is equivalent to wrongful termination.1
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Read the full story here: NY Couple Furloughed for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine Over Pregnancy Concerns – The Vaccine Reaction