Sisters of Life Win Legal Battle Against New York State Over Privacy

The state has agreed to a court order prohibiting it from demanding sensitive documents from the crisis pregnancy center operated by the nuns.

The Sisters of Life, a community of Catholic nuns operating a crisis pregnancy center in New York City, have won a legal victory against the state of New York, which had sought to access sensitive documents related to their work.
The nuns had sued the state following the passage of a law in June 2022 that made such centers subject to government inspection and potentially required them to hand over private information.
On November 8, the state agreed to a court order prohibiting them from demanding the Sisters' information or punishing them for refusing to provide it.
The Sisters of Life provide holistic care for women in crisis pregnancies, offering housing, maternity clothes, baby formula, and other supplies, as well as connecting women and their children to a range of free medical, legal, and social services.
The law was part of a series of New York laws centered on abortion following the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court.