{"id":2645785,"date":"2026-08-16T14:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T18:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-nuns-fight-to-protect-life-amid-assisted-suicide-law\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T14:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T18:32:16","slug":"new-york-nuns-fight-to-protect-life-amid-assisted-suicide-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-nuns-fight-to-protect-life-amid-assisted-suicide-law\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Nuns Fight to Protect Life Amid Assisted Suicide Law"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fnew-york-nuns-fight-to-protect-life-amid-assisted-suicide-law%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=2645785&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 recent legal victory for catholic health ministries in New York regarding assisted suicide laws. While New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Medical Aid in Dying Act,allowing terminally ill patients to seek assisted death,a district court in New York City ruled in favor of Catholic nuns and ministries by temporarily blocking the enforcement of the state&#8217;s mandate requiring them to assist in such suicides. Several Catholic organizations, including the Carmelite Sisters and the Little Sisters of the Poor, argued that participating in assisted suicide violates their religious beliefs. The court&#8217;s decision upholds their concious protections amid ongoing legal battles. The article emphasizes the importance of religious freedom and conscience rights, contrasting this with the broader trend of legalizing assisted suicide across various states and countries, including Canada, where proposals to extend such practices to mentally ill individuals are underway.It also references the 1997 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that no constitutional right exists to physician-assisted suicide and discusses past administrative actions expanding professionals&#8217; rights to refuse treatments like assisted death. Ultimately, the piece advocates for the value of life rooted in religious belief, citing Scripture, and criticizes the concept of assisted suicide as contrary to compassionate and biblical principles.  <\/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>The newest freedom under \u201cbodily autonomy\u201d is the right to end your life on your own terms, according to leftist New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D). But a district court in New York City recently sided with Catholic nuns and ministries when they fought back against this attack on human dignity \u2014 and won.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty <a href=\"https:\/\/becketfund.org\/media\/new-york-agrees-catholic-nuns-may-continue-ministry-without-being-forced-to-assist-suicides\/\">announced<\/a> that the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, the Missionary Sisters of St. Benedict, the Little Sisters of the Poor, and the Diocese of Rockville Centre would not be required to help patients commit suicide, despite a New York State mandate that goes into effect on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a tragedy that New York\u2019s new assisted suicide law is soon to take effect in the coming days. In the shadow of this horrific new law, it is at least good to see the court uphold the conscience protections of Catholic nuns and several Catholic health care ministries who do not want to participate in this,\u201d Arielle Del Turco, director of the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council, told The Washington Stand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo health care worker should feel they must violate their conscience or lose their job,\u201d she added. \u201cAnd no faith-based health care institutions should fear being sued for not providing services that they believe are evil. It\u2019s good to see the court, in this instance, ensure basic religious freedom and conscience protections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In December, Hochul signed the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which began to \u201cmake medical aid in dying available to terminally ill New Yorkers with less than six months to live,\u201d starting on August 5.<\/p>\n<p>On July 31, Becket announced that \u201cWith agreement from the state of New York, a federal judge <a href=\"https:\/\/becketnewsite.s3.amazonaws.com\/20260730164207\/Consent-Order-for-a-Temporary-Restraining-Order-in-Carmelite-Sisters-for-the-Aged-and-Infirm-v.-James.pdf\">ordered<\/a> the state not to enforce its assisted-suicide mandate against four orders of Catholic nuns and several Catholic healthcare ministries while their federal lawsuit proceeds. The temporary agreement protects the ministries from being forced to help terminally ill patients end their lives via suicide in direct violation of their faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Applauding the compromise, Bishop John Barres of the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York said, \u201cThis agreement is an important first step towards protecting religious freedom. New York cannot force the Church to answer suffering with suicide or abandon the sick and dying when they need care most. Until our legal fight is resolved, this temporary agreement keeps our ministries free to serve every patient according to the Gospel. We continue to proclaim that every human life is sacred and worthy of love until its natural end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United States Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC1381265\/\">ruled in 1997<\/a> in Washington v. Glucksberg that patients do not have a constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide.<\/p>\n<p>During the first Trump administration in 2019, President Donald Trump issued a rule that \u201cexpands the rights of medical professionals to refuse to provide treatments or services that they say infringe their religious beliefs, such as \u2026 assisted suicide,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/365\/bmj.l2082\">British Medical Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, assisted suicide is becoming more prevalent, now that it has been <a href=\"https:\/\/compassionandchoices.org\/states-where-medical-aid-in-dying-is-authorized\/\">authorized in 13 states<\/a> and Washington, D.C for those who are terminally ill. In Canada, it may soon be legal for those with mental illness to receive physician-assisted suicide as well.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian government said in 2019 it \u201cwould delay including them [people whose sole chronic condition is mental illness] for two years in order to draft special guidelines for assessing their eligibility,\u201d with the intention of eventually legalizing it for them, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/29\/health\/assisted-death-mental-illness-canada.html\">The New York Times<\/a> reported last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic ministries in New York believe what Scripture teaches: the Lord directs our steps. It is not the will of mere mortals that numbers our days here on Earth, but God\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass, look away from him and leave him alone, that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day,\u201d reads <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Job%2014%3A5-7&#038;version=ESV\">Job 14:5-6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, Senior Campaign Director for Compassion &#038; Choices NY\/NJ Corinne Carey claimed, \u201cThis law is about compassion, family, love, and respect for bodily autonomy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Except it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<p>For those who aren\u2019t in Christ, death only leads to eternal suffering, the direct opposite of the kind of compassionate relief Hochul and Carey believe physician-assisted suicide offers.<\/p>\n<p>For the healthy, the sick, the rich, and the poor, true freedom can only be found in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans%208&#038;version=ESV\">the gospel<\/a>, as stated in Romans 8:18-20: \u201cFor I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><em>Quinn Delamater is a reporter for The Washington Stand.<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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