TY - JOUR AU - Valencia Candalija, Rafael PY - 2023/03/28 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Conscientious objection to medical treatment in the NBA: the refusal to receive the covid-19 vaccine on religious grounds? JF - Vergentis. Revista de Investigación de la Cátedra Internacional conjunta Inocencio III JA - Vergentis VL - IS - 15 SE - Science articles DO - UR - https://vergentis.ucam.edu/index.php/vergentis/article/view/247 SP - 57-83 AB - <p>This paper tries to analyse the conscientious objection of two NBA basketball players to receiving the Covid-19 vaccine on religious grounds. Essentially, the aim is to examine in depth the reasons alleged by the athletes, in an attempt to determine whether they constitute sufficient grounds to support their refusal to be vaccinated, and thus to continue carrying out their work obligations in order to preserve their beliefs. To do so, it is necessary to review the NBA's own protocols and state and local public health provisions on mandatory vaccination, without forgetting the pronouncements on the subject issued by the Supreme Court of the United States.</p> ER -