New York forces Catholic nuns caring for dying cancer patients to affirm transgender ideology or face jail, igniting a fierce battle for religious freedom.
Nuns’ Lifelong Mission Under Threat
The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne operate Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne, New York, a 42-bed facility founded in 1901. They provide free care to terminally ill cancer patients unable to pay, drawing from 125 years of Catholic charity. The sisters serve all backgrounds without discrimination, reporting no transgender patients or complaints in their history. This ministry embodies traditional values of compassion and faith, now endangered by state mandates.
𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐍𝐔𝐍𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐉𝐀𝐈𝐋 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐍 “𝐒𝐇𝐄”
The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne — a 𝟏𝟐𝟓-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 order that provides free end-of-life…
— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) April 8, 2026
New York Law Mandates Gender Ideology
Governor Kathy Hochul signed the LGBTQ Long-Term Care Facility Residents’ Bill of Rights in March 2026. The law requires facilities to use residents’ preferred pronouns, assign rooms and restrooms by gender identity, and affirm transgender statuses. Noncompliance risks severe penalties including fines, loss of licensing, or jail time. New York Department of Health sent enforcement letters to operators like Rosary Hill Home in early 2026, prompting immediate action.
On April 6, 2026, the sisters filed Hawthorne Dominicans v. Hochul in federal court. They seek an injunction and religious exemption, arguing the law forces them to contradict Catholic doctrine on human sexuality and patient safety. Lead counsel Martin Nussbaum of First & Fourteenth Law Firm highlights the law’s disparate treatment, exempting Christian Science facilities while burdening Catholics. The Catholic Benefits Association supports the suit, defending faith-based care for the dying poor.
Clash Over Faith and Government Power
The sisters state they cannot implement the mandate without violating their Catholic faith, prioritizing conscience and dignity in end-of-life care. New York defends the law as essential to prevent discrimination based on gender identity. This conflict underscores tensions in blue states, where regulatory power threatens nonprofit ministries serving vulnerable Americans. No court rulings have emerged as of April 8, 2026, with a decision on injunction pending.
Short-term, an injunction could shield Rosary Hill from enforcement, preserving free care for cancer patients. Long-term, victory might set precedents protecting religious providers nationwide from similar overreach. Economic threats to licensing endanger the facility’s model, while politically, it fuels debates on liberty versus ideology. Patients, Catholic groups, and faith-based care face direct impacts, highlighting disparities in exemptions.
Sources:
Catholic Nuns Sue Over New York LGBTQ Care Law
Catholic Nuns Serving Dying Patients Fight New York Transgender Mandate on Pronouns, Rooming
CBA Press Release: Hawthorne Dominicans v. Hochul
Catholic nuns serving dying patients fight New York transgender mandate
Catholic Sisters Sue NY Over Transgender Care Law
George Orwell could not have predicted what a messed up regime New York has become.
Separation of church & state. Hochul has no jurisdiction over a religious order practicing their faith. Law is illegal, unfair & unjust by allowing one party rights at the same time denying party with opposing view its rights. Equal rights or no rights. Can’t have it both ways. Law is prime example of inclucivity over-reach.
Forced compliance in this instance is tantamount to an illegal order & non-compliance w/o retribution is permitted, in my humble opinion.
Sadly, nun’s deck is stacked against them as judicial system in NY is corrupt. How so? 34 felony counts illegally placed against Trump for.giant nothing sandwich that didn’t stick, perpetrated by a corrupt party desparate to get their way & remain in power @ the expense of truth, sanity, common sense, & civil decency.
The left is driving a Marxist wedge permanently dividing this country. United we Stand, divided we Fall. Only way to fix this is to vote the idiots out. Alternative is Civil War, & there will be nothing civil about that, so let’s not go there. Every vote not placed is two for opposition. If wrong side wins country is permanently lost. If you don’t know which side that is, the country is already lost & you just don’t know it yet.
As for the nun’s, they could possibly avoid lawsuit by shutting down & transferring patients to the Governor’s Mansion. If Hochul is so concerned about this insane issue she can play the gender game all by herself & be an Olympic Virtue Signaler. Maybe get a prize?
Thoughts?
What is wrong with having common sense? They have none.
libs = CANCER
They have a lot of bad people to put in jail they don’t need to put nuns in jail because they won’t call a man she this law is stupid and should have never been passed !
They could refuse to care for him, evict him.
Calling a he a she is not a constitutional right. Religious freedom is. It seems New York would rather see people die than allow religious freedom.
Death To HOCHUL !
What is wrong with you? I may not like Hochul but I don’t wish her death!!!!!
I am on the side of the Nuns. They are absolutely correct in refusing to call someone their fake pronouns!
There are only two sexes, male or female. Whatever parts you are born with is your sex, if a person feels different than how they were born, that is a mental issue, not a physical issue. The law should never demand any person to believe something that is not a fact, that is wrong.
ALL libs AND their illegals ARE PURE CANCER AND ARE THE TRUE ENEMY OF OUR NATION
Agreed
The law Governor Hochul signed in this instance is illegal as it places rights of the delusionally insane above my own, forcing me to honor that which has no standing, at expense of my own autonomy. The person so afflicted desperately needs psychiatric counseling, not coddling.
Such laws serve three purposes: 1. They push boundaries of inclucivity beyond reason; 2. Make a total mockery of our already twisted & thoroughly broken Justice System; & 3. Further serve to irrevocacably divide this nation Socially, Culturally, & Politically.
The only ‘win’ here is the cancerous Marxist movement seeking complete destruction of this Nation & our way of life, by any means necessary. These attacks are multifaceted, designed to break up the core family, remove religious influence, & further so permanently divide us we lose sight of the proverbial ‘big picture’.
Every step is designed to have us become completely complacent in government’s control regarding every aspect of our lives. We are currently living in a real life social experiment that’s been going on for years, when fully manifested, will morph this country into the ‘Disunited States of Communist America’ & sadly there’s a huge portion of our population perfectly OK with that outcome.
So, back to the immediate issue. It’s not ok to force, by means of an illegal law, my extended family be placed at risk, or me to coddle the insane whims of a derangely broken person to check off virtue signaling inclusivity. To force a religious order to honor & obey this ridiculousness is an infringement of their rights to their sacred beliefs, thus putting rights of the insane above the rights of others. We either have equal rights, or no rights at all. If you think otherwise, you’re a huge part of the problem, and in need of serious medical attention in your own ‘sandbox’.
A very wise person once said, “United we Stand, Divided we Fall”. Take heed people, for the water in our ‘stew pot’ gets warmer by the nanosecond. When it boils could’ve, should’ve, & would’ve haven’t a prayer of bringing back what we just lost. The dirty billions spent by our mortal enemies buying alligence of those amongst us incapable of common sense, critical thinking, & deductive reasoning are well spent, indeed. Propaganda in accomplished hands works wonders, eventually handing over control of this once Blessed Country to our enemies without firing a shot. Be mindful, one party government approves not, of oversight, at any level, for any reason. The wrong side is focused, determined & will prevail if the sane side becomes complacent. Every vote not recorded is two for the side of chaos, and uncontrolled abject insanity. If ability to keep that mindset in check is forever lost, we all lose, for should that happen the ‘prize’ you ‘win’ will not be the one you ‘expect’.
VR, Your Free-Range Neighborhood Bonehead (lol).
I love seeing all the reviews on this all favor the nuns! As they should. Common sense tells me the nuns had every right to refuse the so called stupid law.
This is a good example of how
messed up NY politicians are.
Twice posted comment about the nun’s predicament & law suit concerning the gender issue & twice censored & blocked. Went back to reconnect with feed & that was removed as well. Now saying badby to rightwingheadlines forever. Cancel my opinion & thought twice? Two can play that game. What goes around, comes around. Don’t even have decency to explain why I’m not permitted my say. Nothing rightwing about you folks. Just Marxist communist censorship masked as right leaning spy crap. Bonvoyage, limpwristed dipsticks. I promise I won’t miss you at all.
I made three comments on this format & all were censored by full removal. If this is X doing this how is it Right Wing Headlines are all over this feed, with only one island using the X lable? No warning the comment section belongs to X & beneath it still indicates the news feed.
I want those three comments sent to my email now. They’re mine & I want them back. You have my name & email address so just send them to me. Pulling something without saying why is unacceptable. What exactly was inappropriate? I am so jacked over this I unsubscribed from all my news feeds & I’m about to give the right wing folks a piece of my mind.
Feedback would be helpful. No I don’t subscribe to X now or ever, & why is that an issue? I was reading & responding to a news feed, not X. The bit with X was an island, nothing more. The narrative below the X island was continuation of the Rt Wing feed.
So you may at this moment email my comments to me.
There are two ways to see anything simply said Day vs Night Good vs Bad, Right vs Wrong, Left vs Right Black vs White. But God with Nature decided. Male//Female Boy/Girl, Mother/Father. But who in society is Gov leadership, Lawyers, Doctors, Governors Senators, Representatives, State/Local, Law enforcement, or does it just boil down to the aggroniance of those who imagine they hold the power to decide for You/Me! Right makes might or might makes right. Remember This! you don’t matter, and they do not mind, just get in step or you may regret? The strong rule the weak. Think about it do the comparisons set forth above suggest anything?
What a despicable thing for Liberals to do. The Devil needs to start expanding His Pits. He will have a lot of new tenants.