Health

The Free Press - For 125 years, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne have cared for the dying poor at Rosary Hill Home, north of New York City—never charging a patient and never accepting a dollar of government money. On Friday, they filed suit against New York State over its new assisted dying law, which would require assisted dying counseling to take place on their premises. For a congregation that believes human life is sacred from beginning to natural end, the new law leaves no room for compromise. Madeleine Long reports on what this case means for the sisters, their patients, and the future of religious healthcare in New York.