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assisted suicide

Priest Suffering With Myeloma Decries New York State Bill on Assisted Suicide

June 11, 2025

Of the 16 New York state senators with districts in the Diocese of Brooklyn, eight are co-sponsors of Medical Aid In Dying Act. They call it “death with dignity,” but Father Morty O’Shea disagrees.

Roll Calls by Diocese: Senate and Assembly Votes on New York State Assisted Suicide Bill

June 11, 2025

Here are the roll calls by diocese of both the Senate and Assembly votes on the assisted suicide bill A136/S138 in New York State.

Pro-Life Leaders Contend With Fallout Over NY Suicide Bill

June 10, 2025

In the wake of the New York State Senate’s June 9 passage of a bill to legalize assisted suicide, pro-life advocates have refocused their efforts on convincing Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto it. 

In Move Called a ‘Dark Day’ for Residents, NY Senate Passes Assisted Suicide Law

June 10, 2025

The New York Senate has voted to legalize medically assisted suicide, a move that one Catholic bioethicist told OSV News marked “a dark day” for the state’s residents, and the act will now head to Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul.

New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide Plans Demonstration Ahead of Possible NY Senate Vote

June 9, 2025

The New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide has said it has obtained information that the New York State Senate may vote on an assisted suicide bill on June 9, and as such has rescheduled a demonstration in Albany for that same day.

Bishop Brennan Calls for Respect & Compassion Toward Elderly

June 6, 2025

Queen of Peace Residence’s chapel was filled for a Grandparents’ Day Mass celebrated by Bishop Brennan and concelebrated by Father Joseph Gibino in Queens.

Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan Urges Catholics to Take Action as New York Suicide Bill Advances

May 5, 2025

The Medical Aid in Dying Act, which would allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with doctor-prescribed drugs, has new life, having passed the New York State Assembly with an 81-67 vote on April 29. 

New York Bishops Urge You To Say ‘No’ To Assisted Suicide

May 1, 2025

The New York Assembly April 29 passed a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state, despite strong opposition from the state’s Catholic bishops.

NY Lawmakers Are Backing Assisted Suicide Legislation Catholic Bishops Call ‘Dangerous’

March 6, 2024

While New York legislators argue that assisted suicide legislation would allow terminally ill patients to die with dignity, the state’s Catholic bishops on March 5 countered that it would put the state on a “dangerous path that contaminates medicine and turns the notion of compassion on its head.”

As States, Including New York, Consider Assisted-Suicide Measures, Bishops Speak Out in Opposition

March 1, 2024

Nineteen states this year are considering legislation to allow doctors to prescribe end-of-life drugs to terminally ill patients.

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