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Pritzker Weighs Illinois "Right-to-Die" Bill After Narrow Overnight Senate Vote
- Last week, the Democrat-controlled Illinois Senate voted 30-27 to pass Senate Bill 1950, sending the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act — known as Deb's Law — to Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker's desk.
- The bill would allow mentally competent adults with six months or less to live to obtain life-ending medication after their physician and a second clinician confirm the diagnosis, with multiple oral requests and a written request witnessed by at least two people.
- Religious and legal groups warned of constitutional and ethical harms, with Bishop Thomas Paprocki calling it a 'culture-of-death' and urging prayer for a veto, while the Thomas More Society threatened to sue and Carol Tobias said, `Assisted suicide is not compassion — it's abandonment.`
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he is still examining the bill and has two months to decide, with the measure becoming law nine months later if signed and protecting health care professionals from being required to participate.
- Opponents warn the law could enable coercion, citing cases of patients denied treatment and offered life-ending drugs, as Illinois lawmakers remain sharply divided, with a 63-42 House vote.
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Herald & ReviewChicago Tribune: Illinois Gov. Pritzker should veto ‘right to die’ bill
After meeting with "compassionate voices on both sides of the issue," the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board is urging the governor to veto the recently passed 'right to die' bill.
Illinois Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk, Sparks Christian Concern
Illinois may soon allow physicians to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients, as lawmakers advanced a measure that would legalize physician-assisted suicide. The Illinois Senate passed Senate Bill 1950, the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act, by a 30–27 vote.
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Legislature passes ‘medical aid in dying’ bill that governor says he will review
CHICAGO — Terminally ill adults in Illinois may have the option to take life-ending medication prescribed by a physician under a bill passed by the Illinois legislature last week during its fall session.
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