New York nuns will not be forced to comply with assisted-suicide law while case progresses
Catholic nuns sued New York over a law forcing them to recommend assisted suicide to terminally ill patients, and a federal judge blocked them having to comply while the case is pending.
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A federal judge ruled this week that orders of nuns will not be forced by local state law to recommend medically assisted suicide to their patients while the case is pending in court.
Four orders of Catholic nuns and several Catholic healthcare ministries sued the state of New York in late June regarding a new law that would force them to help terminally ill patients kill themselves, a severe violation of their Catholic faith.
"Forcing Catholic nuns to participate in suicide — and robbing New Yorkers of the choice to receive faithful, life-affirming care— is both unlawful and unjust," Mark Rienzi, president of Becket and lead attorney for the healthcare ministries, said in a statement.
"This agreement protects the sisters and those they care for while we fight to end New York’s suicide mandate for good."
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