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Cardinal Cupich, women religious, Catholic pharmacist sue Illinois over assisted suicide law
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In Short: Cardinal Cupich of Chicago, along with two orders of Catholic nuns and an Illinois pharmacist, have filed a lawsuit against Illinois over its physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.
Cardinal Cupich of Chicago, along with two orders of Catholic nuns and an Illinois pharmacist, have filed a lawsuit against Illinois over its physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.
The Gospel calls us to uphold the inviolable dignity and worth of the human person, from life’s first moment to its natural end,
Illinois is a state in the Midwestern United States, bordering Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash and Ohio rivers to its south.
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Illinois is a state in the Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash and Ohio rivers to its south.
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- 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 Gospel calls us to uphold the inviolable dignity and worth of the human person, from life’s first moment to its natural end,” Cardinal Cupich said in a statement.
- “They should be free to choose that kind of care without having assisted suicide inserted into it by the state,” she said.
- “It is awful for Illinois to be forcing every sick and dying person within its borders to hear its message of suicide at their lowest moment — regardless of whether they want it or not. Patients deserve the freedom…
- The Illinois law was also previously temporarily blocked by a federal judge for specific “Catholic health care entities” under the authority of Bishop Thomas J.
- A federal judge in July also temporarily shielded four orders of women religious and Catholic healthcare ministries from enforcement of a similar New York state law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in…