New York nuns' challenge to assisted suicide law is about protecting freedom, lawyer says

The Catholic Nuns of the Daughters of Charity filed a legal challenge to New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act, arguing the law requires religious healthcare providers to inform patients about assisted suicide options. The nuns operate hospitals in New York and stated the requirement conflicts with their religious beliefs. Their legal case centers on whether the state can mandate that religiously affiliated healthcare institutions counsel patients on assisted dying. The case does not challenge whether individual patients can request assisted suicide, but whether healthcare providers with religious missions can be compelled to facilitate or discuss the option.

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