Cardinal Cupich, Catholic groups sue Illinois over assisted suicide law
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, two orders of Catholic nuns and an Illinois pharmacist filed a civil lawsuit challenging the state's physician-assisted suicide law.
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Cardinal Cupich, Catholic groups sue Illinois over assisted suicide law
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, the Chicago Province of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and an Illinois pharmacist have filed a civil lawsuit against the state of Illinois over its physician-assisted suicide law, according to the Northwest Catholic.
The plaintiffs argue that the law would require them to facilitate such deaths for their patients in violation of their faith, the outlet reported. The case is at the charging stage in a district court, according to the Northwest Catholic. The matter is undecided and has not been resolved.
The lawsuit is developing; further details have not been established.
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