Friday, April 12, 2024

Carmelite nuns challenge New York abortion mandate

Nuns are leading the challenge against New York’s abortion provision mandate in a case set to appear before the New York Court of Appeals next week. In 2017, the New York state government issued a mandate requiring all private insurance companies that offer maternity care coverage to cover abortion costs for clients in New York. Four years later, the Diocese of Albany, along with Anglican and Catholic nuns, other dioceses, Christian churches, and religious ministries sued the state over the mandate. The Catholic nuns in the lawsuit are Carmelites who minister to the elderly at a nursing home.  READ

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