Archbishop Hicks joins lawsuit against assisted suicide mandates
November 03, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: Archbishop Ronald Hicks of New York joined a lawsuit against the State of New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act.
“As Catholics, we are guided by the compassion of Jesus to serve those of every background who are in need of healing,” said Archbishop Hicks. “We refuse to allow New York to force us to harm the very ones we’ve been called to care for.”
The original plaintiffs in the case were Bishop John Barres of Rockville Centre, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, the Missionary Sisters of St. Benedict, and the Little Sisters of the Poor.
The plaintiffs have argued that the law created a Suicide Counseling Mandate, Suicide Qualification Mandate, Suicide Drug Prescription and Ingestion Mandate, Suicide Referral Mandate, False Death Certificate Mandate, and Unfaithful Employee Retention Mandate.
Following the filing of the lawsuit, the State of New York temporarily agreed not to enforce the mandates against the plaintiffs.
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