New York Archbishop Hicks calls assisted suicide an ‘assault’ on human life
The EWTN News portal reports that New York Archbishop Ronald Hicks has voiced opposition to the state’s assisted suicide law set to take effect on August 5, 2026, describing it as an “assault on human life” and a step toward a “complete throwaway mentality.” While Archbishop Hicks’ statements contain elements of natural moral reasoning that align with Catholic teaching on the sanctity of life, a thorough examination from the perspective of integral Catholic faith reveals the profound inadequacy, theological cowardice, and modernist subtext that pervade not only this article but the entire framework within which such “opposition” is articulated. The conciliar sect’s engagement with the culture of death is characterized by a fatal compromise: it opposes the most extreme manifestations of euthanasia while simultaneously accepting the underlying philosophical premises that make such legislation inevitable.

