New York Nuns Exempt From Assisted Suicide Law Enforcement While Legal Challenge Continues
The order protects four women religious orders and Catholic health ministries while their lawsuit argues the law would force them to aid suicide.
- District Judge Anne Nardacci signed an order where the state agreed to a narrow temporary restraining order on the "Medical Aid" act, shielding specific Catholic plaintiffs from mandated information disclosure.
- Catholic groups, including the Diocese of Rockville Centre and the Carmelite Sisters, filed the lawsuit asserting that providing Palliative Care Information Act options forces them to participate in physician-assisted suicide.
- The "Medical Aid" act, set to go into effect Wednesday, allows mentally capable adults with six months or less to live to request life-ending medication to "hasten" the end of their lives.
- Bishop John O. Barres of the Diocese of Rockville Centre said, "This agreement is an important first step toward protecting religious freedom," noting ministries remain free to serve patients according to the Gospel.
- The order applies only to the specific plaintiffs, not all healthcare professionals. Separately, state law includes opt-out provisions allowing Religious facilities to prohibit the act and restrict employees from involvement.
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A lawyer representing four Catholic religious orders in New York has accused the state of imposing an 'orthodoxy' on assisted suicide after a federal judge temporarily blocked officials from requiring the nuns to counsel patients about medical aid in dying. The order came as New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act took effect, placing religious healthcare providers at the centre of a dispute over freedom of conscience and end-of-life care. New York …
NY Assisted Suicide Law Sparks Catholic Lawsuit
New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act went into effect this week, making the state the thirteenth to let terminally ill patients request life-ending drugs, and prompting a lawsuit from Catholic nuns who say the law forces them to promote suicide or face criminal penalties. The law, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in February, allows adults diagnosed with a terminal illness and given six months or fewer to live to request lethal medication from their d…
Judge Saves Nuns (Temporarily) from Democrats Forcing Them to Participate in New York's Euthanasia Scheme
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. […] The post Judge Saves Nuns (Temporarily) from Democrats Forcing Them to Participate in New York's Euthanasia Scheme appeared first on The Western Journal.
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