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Catholic Nuns Don’t Have to Comply with Medical Aid in Dying
08-06-2026
Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne, photographed April 20, 20216. The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, who run the hospice, has sued the state of New York to challenge a recent law that requires nursing homes and other facilities like theirs to honor the choices of transgender residents in which sex they will room with and which bathrooms they will use.
Several Catholic nursing homes in New York, including two in Westchester County, won’t have to comply with the state's newly-enacted Medical Aid in Dying Act while their lawsuit against it is underway.