The complaint argues that New York's law compels religious healthcare providers to counsel terminally ill patients about physician-assisted suicide, refer them to participating providers and, in some circumstances, accommodate assisted suicide at their facilities. A federal judge ruled on 30 July that the religious orders would not be required to recommend medically assisted suicide while the case continues. The temporary protection does not resolve the wider legal challenge, but it allows the religious providers to continue operating according to their Catholic beliefs for now. They also oppose being required to present assisted suicide as an option or help patients find a provider who will offer it. For the Catholic providers, that is the line they say they cannot cross.