Map from the National Conference of State Legislatures showing 45 states and Washington D.C. that grant religious exemptions for people who have religious objections to immunizations and 15 states that allow philosophical exemptions for those who object to immunizations because of personal, moral or other beliefs (as of May 2019).
NCSL Map of States with Exemption Laws
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