New York nuns will not be forced to comply with assisted-suicide law while case progresses

A federal judge ruled this week that orders of nuns will not be forced by local state law to recommend medically assisted suicide to their patients while the case is pending in court. Four orders of Catholic nuns and several Catholic healthcare ministries sued the state of New York in late June regarding a new law that would force them to help terminally ill patients kill themselves, a severe violation of their Catholic faith. "Forcing Catholic nuns to participate in suicide — and robbing New Yo