Victory! New York gives up fight against nuns over abortion mandate |
After nearly a decade of trying to force nuns and other religious ministries to cover abortions, and two trips to the Supreme Court, the state of New York has thrown in the towel. When New York courts refused to protect religious organizations targeted by New York’s abortion mandate, the ministries asked the Supreme Court to take their case. In 2021, the Court reversed the New York state courts and told them to reconsider the case in light of Becket’s landmark victory in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. But the state courts ignored Fulton, forcing the religious groups back to the Supreme Court once again. Last year, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in our Catholic Charities victory, which says that government cannot use schemes like New York’s to discriminate among religious people. It then directed the New York courts to reconsider the case again in light of that ruling. New York acknowledged that Catholic Charities undermined its position and finally agreed to stop fighting. The state gave up on its effort to apply its abortion mandate to Catholic and Anglican nuns, Catholic dioceses, Christian churches, and faith-based social ministries, bringing its long-running fight in Diocese of Albany v. Harris to a close.
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