Cardinal Cupich, Women Religious, Catholic Pharmacist Sue Illinois over Assisted Suicide Law

Cardinal Cupich, nuns challenge 'right-to-die' law, say Illinois 'has no business' forcing assisted suicide

<p>Cardinal Blase Cupich has added his high-profile name to a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' assisted suicide law, arguing that the practice is unconstitutional and "denies the choice of a dignified death" to Catholics who want to die naturally. </p><p>Cupich's suit is one of at least three filed ahead of the law's effective date: Sept. 12. A federal judge is expected to rule on a request for a preliminary injunction on one of the suits o…

Cardinal Cupich, women religious, Catholic pharmacist sue Illinois over assisted suicide law

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, two orders of Catholic nuns, and an Illinois pharmacist sued Illinois Sept. 3 over the state's physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide. The post Cardinal Cupich, women religious, Catholic pharmacist sue Illinois over assisted suicide law first appeared on OSV News.

Cardinal, nuns challenge assisted suicide law - Regional Media News

(The Center Square0 - The Catholic archbishop of Chicago, two orders of nuns and a rural pharmacist filed a lawsuit against Illinois on Thursday over the state's End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, [...]

Cardinal, nuns challenge assisted suicide law – Center Square

The plaintiffs argue the law violates their religious beliefs by forcing them to help terminally ill patients kill themselves, and that Illinois also threatens religious caregivers for speaking a life-affirming message against suicide by imposing a gag order on their care.

Catholic Cardinal and Nuns Sue Illinois to Stop Forcing Them to Help Patients Kill Themselves

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, two orders of Catholic nuns, and an Illinois pharmacist sued Illinois today over a new law that forces them to help terminally ill patients kill themselves—in direct violation of their religious beliefs. In Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm v. Prince, Becket is asking a federal court to block the law before it takes effect on September 12, when healthcare providers who […]

Cardinal Cupich, Catholic Religious Sisters Sue Illinois to Halt Assisted Suicide Law

The state recently began allowing doctors to help patients kill themselves by prescribing lethal doses of medication.