{"id":2641776,"date":"2026-08-07T10:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-saves-nuns-temporarily-from-democrats-forcing-them-to-participate-in-new-yorks-euthanasia-scheme\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T10:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:56:27","slug":"judge-saves-nuns-temporarily-from-democrats-forcing-them-to-participate-in-new-yorks-euthanasia-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-saves-nuns-temporarily-from-democrats-forcing-them-to-participate-in-new-yorks-euthanasia-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Saves Nuns (Temporarily) from Democrats Forcing Them to Participate in New York&#8217;s Euthanasia Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-saves-nuns-temporarily-from-democrats-forcing-them-to-participate-in-new-yorks-euthanasia-scheme%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2641776&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a legal challenge in New York where Catholic nuns and religious organizations have sought a restraining order against the state&#8217;s Medical Aid in Dying Act. This law, which allows terminally ill adults to request lethal medication, conflicts with the religious groups&#8217; beliefs against assisted suicide. The Becket Fund, representing several Catholic organizations, argues that the law infringes on their faith and ethical principles, and warns that healthcare providers refusing to prescribe such medications could face penalties or loss of licensure. The organizations emphasize their moral duty to care for the sick without facilitating death. The case is ongoing, with future filings scheduled, and highlights tensions between pro-life religious values and legal policies on assisted euthanasia. The article also criticizes broader Democratic policies, accusing them of devaluing life, supporting abortion, and promoting euthanasia, suggesting a cultural and political clash over moral and ethical issues related to life and death.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>New York Democrats have suffered a setback in forcing Roman Catholic nuns to engage in assisted suicide as a temporary restraining order was issued by U.S. District Judge Ann Nardacki.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the religious freedom law firm <a href=\"https:\/\/becketfund.org\/media\/catholic-nuns-sue-new-york-to-block-law-forcing-them-to-assist-in-patient-suicides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Becket<\/a> took the case on behalf of several Roman Catholic organizations, saying their faith kept them from engaging in prescribing lethal drugs to patients to assist them in dying. The law in question is the New York Medical Aid in Dying Act.<\/p>\n<p>The next filings in the case are due Aug. 20.<\/p>\n<p>Under this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/persecution-dems-target-christians-require-horrified-nuns-push-dying-patients-kill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">law<\/a>, which went into effect Wednesday, there\u2019s a way for \u201ca terminally ill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/persecution-dems-target-christians-again-require-horrified-nuns-to-push-dying-patients-to-kill-themselves\/\" title=\"Persecution: Dems Target Christians Again, Require Horrified Nuns to Push Dying Patients to Kill Themselves\">mentally capable adult<\/a> with a prognosis of 6 months or less to live to have the option to request, obtain and decide to ingest medication to die peacefully in their sleep if suffering is unbearable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Becket said in the news release, \u201cBeginning August 5, any healthcare provider who declines to prescribe suicide pills could still have to tell terminally ill patients about their \u2018right\u2019 to kill themselves, help them meet the requirements for obtaining suicide pills, and direct them to a provider willing to prescribe the lethal drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRefusal invites significant fines, license revocation, or even time behind bars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organizations represented are the Little Sisters of the Poor, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, Missionary Sisters of St. Benedict, and the Diocese of Rockville Centre, and its Bishop John Barres.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/judge-temporarily-protects-catholic-nuns-from-new-yorks-assisted-suicide-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LifeSite News<\/a> reported comments by Barres after the restraining order was issued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will never submit to New York\u2019s culture of death,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssisted suicide is a grave moral failure that puts the elderly, the disabled, and those suffering from mental and emotional illness at risk of abuse and manipulation. Christ the Divine Physician calls us to accompany the sick and dying with compassion, not abandon them to death. The court should protect that millennia-old mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats will fight hard to devalue life, whether in the womb through murdering children or killing the aged and infirm.<\/p>\n<p>Note the concerns from Barres \u2014 this law could lead to abuses or manipulation to ensure a patient dies.<\/p>\n<p>A patient could even be killed under duress. The thought itself is horrific, but not unexpected for a party so obsessed with death.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hochul-mamdani-announce-plan-spend-taxpayer-dollars-facilitate-baby-murders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In June<\/a>, New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/anniversary-dobbs-governor-hochul-and-mayor-mamdani-announce-major-expansion-abortion-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> nearly half a million dollars in taxes going towards the New York City Abortion Access Hub, a referral network to expedite child killing.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, if you want to murder your baby, New York Democrats will help you do that.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to kill the elderly or ill, they\u2019ll gladly help with that as well.<\/p>\n<p>But should you value life, as the Roman Catholics represented by Becket do, you\u2019ll find yourself embroiled in a legal battle.<\/p>\n<p>Why do we consistently see Democrats colliding with Christians? <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/30\/us-news\/biden-admin-zealously-probed-traditional-christians-and-kept-tabs-on-priests-doj-task-force-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Post<\/a> reported in April that under former President Joe Biden \u2014 who claims to be Roman Catholic \u2014 \u201caggressive prosecutions\u201d of Christians took place, with Roman Catholic priests being secretly monitored.<\/p>\n<p>For what ends? 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