Roman Catholic nuns operating a New York facility that provides care for poor cancer patients launched a lawsuit against the state, alleging that a law mandating transgender affirmation for certain facilities violates the Constitution.
The complaint was filed by the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, who run a 42-bed facility — Rosary Hill Home — alleging that the state’s law infringes on their religious liberty.
The law, Senate Bill S1783A, establishes what it refers to as the LGBT long-term care facility residents’ “bill of rights,” with the goal of preventing discrimination against residents’ “actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,” according to the New York State Senate.
The law requires facilities to use the preferred pronouns of patients and assign rooms and allow restroom access based on the gender identity of their patients.
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