Assisted Suicide

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.

Dovie, a disabled man with nemaline myopathy, passionately opposed New York's new assisted suicide bill and shared his experience of nearly dying when his ventilator hose became disconnected. On May 18, 2025, after a similar incident where help was delayed, Dovie fell into a coma and died 16 months later at the age of 35. Dovie's article against assisted suicide was published by UnHerd and reprinted in The Free Press, and he sought to provide instructions for ventilator emergencies to help others before his death on September 11, 2026.

A new assisted-suicide clinic in New York plans to charge up to $12,000 per suicide facilitation, including medical evaluations and a prescription for lethal drugs. This creates significant financial incentives for doctors, with some already earning millions by assisting suicides, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and the lack of long-term doctor-patient relationships.

Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition On February 6, 2026, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the assisted suicide bill with the law caming into effect on August 5 . This is terrible news as it will lead to the deaths of many people, at a vulnerable time of their life by lethal poison. To increase the demand for assisted suicide the New York Times published an article on September 3 by Emma Goldberg promoting a new assisted suicide "business". Goldberg describes it as a business "start-up" for assisted suicide. In reality the article is providing free ad

An undated file photo shows a Dominican Sister of Hawthorne serving a resident at Rosary Hill Home in New York. " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.americamagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260731T1356-JUDGE-BLOCKS-NUNS-ASSISTED-SUICIDE-ENFORCEMENT-1824229-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C565&ssl=1" /> A federal judge July 30 temporarily shielded four orders of women religious and Catholic health care ministries from enforcement of a New York state law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide. The post Court shields women religious from New York assisted suicide law

In February 2026, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill that will legalize physician-assisted suicide in New York State.1 Going into effect in August 2026, the legislation will allow physicians to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to New York State residents with active suicidal ideation and who, it is ... The post Against Suicide—Except Assisted Suicide? New York’s Contradiction appeared first on The Human Life Review .

New York just legalized assisted suicide. Adding insult to injury, the law requires morally or religiously objecting doctors to be complicit in assisted suicides by cooperating with some of its provisions. Specifically, the Medical Aid in Dying Act requires that the “attending physician” of patients requesting assisted suicide perform specified functions before patients can be prescribed lethal substances, with no apparent opt-out in the law that I could discern for physicians who are morally or religiously opposed to such a request. These mandatory actions include examining the patient to det

On February 6, 2026, New York governor Kathy Hochul signed her state’s Medical Aid in Dying Act into law. It was an “emotional decision,” the governor allowed. “Ultimately, though,” she concluded, “I’m proud that I gave people the choice when life gets really hard that they don’t have to prol... The post Is It Right to Die? appeared first on The Human Life Review .

To the surprise of absolutely no one, New York Governor Hochul has said that in January, after some minor changes are added, she will sign the bill legalizing assisted suicide.