Federal Judge Blocks Parts of Illinois Medical Aid-in-Dying Law Amid Legal Challenges

Illinois agrees to temporary order pausing assisted suicide law for certain hospitals, doctors – WCIA (Champaign)

A group of Catholic doctors, a Lutheran skilled nursing facility and Thomas J. Paprocki — a Springfield Bishop — sued the state and argued the law requires medical professionals to help facilitate patient suicides “in violation of the Hippocratic Oath, centuries of legal and medical tradition, and their deeply held religious convictions.”

Illinois agrees not to force Christian doctors to push assisted suicide for now

Illinois will temporarily refrain from enforcing a new assisted suicide law on a group of Christian doctors and healthcare groups in response to a lawsuit that includes Bishop Thomas Paprocki.

Illinois Backs Down From Forcing Doctors to Promote Assisted Suicide

On September 12, Illinois was set to require Dr. Mary Keen Kirchoff to tell her patients about the so-called “benefits” of ending their own lives, and to sign a death certificate afterward that conceals how they died. On Friday, the State agreed to stand down—for now. Thomas More Society filed suit on August 11. Ten […] The post Illinois Backs Down From Forcing Doctors to Promote Assisted Suicide appeared first on LifeNews.com.

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Federal judge blocks parts of Illinois medical aid-in-dying law amid legal challenges

A federal judge has temporarily blocked parts of Illinois' medical aid-in-dying law following legal challenges from disability rights advocates and religious organizations.