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Judge temporarily blocks Illinois assisted suicide law; plaintiffs feel ‘relief, gratitude for now’

Judge temporarily blocks Illinois assisted suicide law; plaintiffs feel ‘relief, gratitude for now’

Thursday, August 27, 2026

The judge's order is in place pending the result of two cases under appeal in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, NIFLA v. Treto and Schroeder v. Treto. The post Judge temporarily blocks Illinois assisted suicide law; plaintiffs feel ‘relief, gratitude for now’ first appeared on OSV News.

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