Catholic bishops speak out as New York governor pledges to sign into law assisted suicide

Kate Quiñones, Catholic News Agency

Friday, December 19, 2025

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign into law an assisted suicide bill that Catholic leaders have ardently opposed, making New York the 13th state to allow the practice. Hochul, who called it an “incredibly difficult decision,” said she will sign the bill after lawmakers add some “guardrails.” Hochul, who is a Catholic University of America alumna, said in a statement that the bill will enable people “to suffer less – to shorten not their lives, but their deaths.”