Catholic healthcare providers in the Archdiocese of Chicago will not be subject to the state’s new assisted suicide law after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Friday protecting the groups while their lawsuit is in court.
The temporary restraining order came just one day before the law came into force in Illinois on September 12, and about a week and a half after Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, the Little Sisters of the Poor and pharmacist Luke Vander Bleek filed suit against the state.
