Bridges v. The Methodist Hospital Challenges COVID-19 Injection Mandates

Washington, DC - November 20, 2025

On November 19, 2025, Dr. Simone Gold and the AFLDS legal team filed an amici curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court in support of the Petitioners in Bridges v. The Methodist Hospital (25-481). The Petitioners are seeking reversal of a Fifth Circuit ruling that upheld the terminations of employees who refused COVID-19 injections mandated as a condition of employment. 

Earlier this year, AFLDS also supported the appeal to the Fifth Circuit (24-20483). 

This case carries national significance. Lead Petitioner Jennifer Bridges is widely recognized as one of the first nationally known healthcare workers fired for refusing the COVID-19 injection, after Houston Methodist became the first major hospital system in the United States to impose such a mandate in 2021. Her termination became the earliest and most prominent test case in the Nation challenging compulsory COVID-19 injection policies.

The Petitioners, including Bridges, were terminated by Houston Methodist Hospital after refusing the injections and argued that the mandate violated informed consent, constitutional protections, and multiple federal and state civil and criminal laws. The district court dismissed their claims, and the Fifth Circuit affirmed that dismissal. The Petition now before the United States Supreme Court seeks reversal and holds implications for millions of American workers. 

America’s Frontline Doctors maintains that the COVID-19 mRNA injections never received full FDA approval and remained experimental products offered only under Emergency Use Authorization. These products have been linked to millions of adverse reactions and a tragic number of fatalities reported by medical professionals to VAERS. 

Forcing employees to receive an experimental medical product under threat of job loss constitutes medical battery, violates the constitutional right to refuse medical treatment, and contravenes federal informed consent protections codified in law, including 21 U.S.C. §360bbb-3, 21 C.F.R. §50.20, 21 C.F.R. §50.25, 45 C.F.R. §46.116, the Common Rule, and principles derived from the Nuremberg Code, contractually binding upon both public and private actors in this case.

“These unconstitutional and medically dangerous mandates must be rejected,” said AFLDS attorney David Dalia, Counsel of Record on the brief. “Informed consent requires real choice, free from coercion, force, or threats. No American should ever be put in the position of choosing between their livelihood and their life.”

“This case confronts one of the most dangerous assaults on personal liberty in our lifetime,” said Dr. Simone Gold, Founder and President of America’s Frontline Doctors. “Jennifer’s courage reminds us that our bodies are sacred and our liberty is God-given. No employer and no government has the authority to violate that. If America allows forced medical procedures, then the moral foundation of our Nation collapses. AFLDS has fought these mandates from the beginning, and with three cases now before the Supreme Court, we remain committed to securing a national precedent that protects every American. We will not stop until justice is done.”

AFLDS maintains that Supreme Court review is urgently needed to safeguard informed consent, protect the doctor-patient relationship, and reaffirm the constitutional right to refuse medical treatment. These rights become meaningless if employers can override them with coercive mandates.

 Stay tuned for further updates on this case and other AFLDS legal initiatives defending medical freedom.

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