New York nuns' challenge to assisted suicide law is about protecting freedom, lawyer says

EXCLUSIVE — The attorney representing four orders of Catholic nuns challenging New York's assisted suicide law says the case extends far beyond end-of-life care, arguing it will test whether the government can force religious ministries to act against their beliefs. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Becket senior counsel Adèle Keim said a recent federal court ruling temporarily protecting the nuns from complying with the law, which went into effect Wednesday, preserves their abili