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Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center
An employee's refusal to undergo nose swab testing based on fear of ethylene oxide exposure, though religiously motivated, is not entirely religious when premised on medical research interpretation.
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Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center, No. 23-3710 (2025).
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Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center (No. 23-3710) [2025] — An employee's refusal to undergo nose swab testing based on fear of ethylene oxide exposure, though religiously motivated, is not entirely religious when premised on medical research interpretation. Source: ReligiousLiberty.TV (https://religiousliberty.tv/case-library/detwiler-v-mid-columbia/, accessed October 25, 2026).
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Holding: An employee's refusal to undergo nose swab testing based on fear of ethylene oxide exposure, though religiously motivated, is not entirely religious when premised on medical research interpretation.
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- How the Ninth Circuit Carved Faith from Fear in the Swab Case September 26, 2025
Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center (No. 23-3710) is a Free Exercise case in 2025. The court held that an employee's refusal to undergo nose swab testing based on fear of ethylene oxide exposure, though religiously motivated, is not entirely religious when premised on medical research interpretation.