Catholic bishops and religious sisters in New York and Illinois have filed lawsuits against their states' assisted suicide laws, winning temporary court rulings that prevent enforcement of these laws against them while litigation continues. These lawsuits argue that the laws compel Catholic healthcare providers to violate their conscience by participating in or promoting assisted suicide, which the Church opposes as contrary to its mission and moral teachings.
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New York has ended its nearly decade-long effort to force Catholic and Anglican nuns, dioceses, and other religious ministries to cover abortions under the state's abortion mandate. This decision follows two U.S. Supreme Court rulings that protected these religious groups from being compelled to pay for abortions despite serving people of all faiths.
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