Wed Oct 13, 2021 – 7:26 am EDT
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(WND News Center) – Amid ongoing flight disruptions, Texas-based airlines Southwest and American announced Tuesday they will comply with President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate despite Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order barring any “entity” in the state from compelling receipt of the vaccine.
“According to the president’s executive order,” Southwest said in a statement emailed to Bloomberg News, “federal action supersedes any state mandate or law, and we would be expected to comply with the president’s order to remain compliant as a federal contractor.”
On Monday, Abbott issued an executive order stating that “no entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccination by any individual, including an employee or consumer, who objects to such vaccination for any reason of personal conscience, based on a religious belief, or for medical reasons, including prior recovery from COVID-19.”
Abbott said the issue is on the agenda of the upcoming Special Session of the legislature, and he will rescind the order upon the passage of legislation.
“The COVID vaccine should always remain voluntary and never forced,” Abbott said.
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