Catholic Nuns Sue Illinois: Controversial End-of-Life Law Slammed for 'Pushing' Patients Toward Suicide

Catholic Nuns Sue Illinois: Controversial End-of-Life Law Slammed for 'Pushing' Patients Toward Suicide

Catholic religious sisters in Illinois have filed a federal lawsuit against the state's new End-of-Life Options Act, arguing it violates their religious beliefs by mandating participation in assisted suicide.

Catholic nuns sue Illinois over law forcing them to help terminally ill patients kill themselves

The Catholic Church in Illinois is challenging the Democrat-led state’s recently passed assisted suicide law in court. Chicago’s archbishop, Cardinal Blase Cupich, joined two orders of Catholic nuns and an Illinois pharmacist in a lawsuit filed Thursday in an effort to block the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act (EOLOA), the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty stated in a press release. The law, which they say would force the Chu…