Several communities of religious sisters and a Catholic diocese have filed a lawsuit seeking to block New York's assisted suicide law, arguing that it violates their religious freedom by compelling them to participate in practices contrary to their faith.
The lawsuit, Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm v. Letitia James, was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of New York on July 17. Letitia James is the Attorney General of New York.
The plaintiffs are the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, the Missionary Sisters of St Benedict, the Little Sisters of the Poor, Bishop John Barres of Rockville Centre and the Diocese of Rockville Centre.
