Illinois is poised to become the 12th U.S. state to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients after the ...

A bill has passed both Illinois chambers that would allow doctors to prescribe aid-in-dying medication to people who have a ...

If Gov. JB Pritzker signs it, Illinois would become the 12th state with such legislation. He has 60 days to act.

The polarizing legislation that narrowly passed the Illinois General Assembly would allow adults diagnosed with six months or ...

The Illinois State Senate passed a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state. The legislation (SB 1950 ), ...

Early Friday morning, the Illinois legislature passed a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe fatal doses of medication ...

The bill now goes to Gov. JB Pritzker. The governor’s office did not return a request for comment about whether Pritzker backs the legislation.

The Illinois General Assembly passed a number of health care-related bills during its veto session last week. The measures, ranging from mandates for hospitals to establish policies when dealing with ...

SPRINGFIELD - The bill passed early at 2:54 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, a timing Bishop Paprocki described as “under ...

In the Netherlands, Zoraya ter Beek, a 28-year-old woman with depression, autism and a personality disorder, shared with The ...

A bill allowing medically-assisted death is on its way to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk after it passed the Illinois Senate at the ...

A controversial bill allowing terminally ill adults to choose when they want to die is heading to the Illinois governor's ...