TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) filed its amicus brief on Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to restore in California the religious exemption to vaccination, in Royce v. Bonta (No. 25-2504). California removed its longstanding religious exemption for ten vaccines beginning in 2016 by enacting SB 277, which further denied the personal belief exemption. “The religious exemption to vaccination existed for many de ...