The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, a 125-year-old non-profit order, filed a lawsuit on April 6, 2026, challenging a New York state law requiring long-term care facilities to base pronouns, room assignments, and restroom use on gender identity. Liberals claim conservatives reject biology, but laws forcing the assertion that men can become women because they “identify” as such represent a direct attack on reality, science, and religion.
The Bible is unambiguous on the question. Genesis 1:27 states, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them,” and Deuteronomy 22:5 states, “The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.”
Science is equally unambiguous. Men have XY chromosomes, male genitalia, and male reproductive organs, while women have XX chromosomes, female genitalia, and female reproductive organs. Chromosomal sex is established at fertilization and is present in every cell of the body, where it cannot be changed by surgery, hormones, or legal declaration. A biological male cannot become pregnant, and a biological female cannot father a child. This is why medical records based on biological sex are clinically necessary, as chromosomal reality affects every system in the body.
The Dominican Sisters run Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne, New York, a 42-bed facility providing free skilled nursing care to indigent cancer patients in their final days. The sisters accept no insurance or government funds and charge patients nothing, relying entirely on private donors.