SB211 (Senate Committee Engrossed) would provide that employers must allow medical, religious, and natural immunity-based exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination requirements. This act would not apply to certain health care facilities and the South Dakota National Guard.
The Senate passed SB211 on February 14, 2022, by a vote of 31 to 4. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because vaccine mandates should be opposed, as an individual’s non-injurious activities, including personal health care decisions, are not the legitimate object of government, nor should be under federal, state, or local jurisdiction in the United States. To compel American citizens to receive medical treatment would be to violate their fundamental rights protected by the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.