(Axios) – Legal challenges to Illinois’ medical-aid-in-dying law are coming down to the wire as the law is set to go into effect Saturday.

Why it matters: A federal judge denied disability rights advocates’ motion to block the state’s new law, but some are still fighting it on religious grounds.

Catch up quick: Two people withlife-threatening disabilities, Ebony Payne and Pam Heavens, joined disability rights organizations and a doctor in suing Gov. JB Pritzker in June. (Read More)