The New York State Bar Association will vote Saturday on whether it will adopt and publicly support a recommendation that, in the event that voluntary COVID-19 vaccinations fall short of producing needed levels of immunity in the population, the state government should consider making it mandatory for all New Yorkers to undergo COVID-19 vaccination when a vaccine becomes available, even if people object to it for "religious, philosophical or personal reasons."

In May, the Health Law Section of the bar association produced a controversial 83-page report, which in part recommended that it should be mandatory for all Americans to undergo COVID-19 vaccination, despite people's objections, with the one exception being a doctor-ordered medical reason for not being vaccinated.