Gov. JB Pritzker signs a bill into law on Aug. 14, 2025, in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki) CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law Friday that will allow terminally ill ...

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed legislation that will allow eligible terminally ill adult patients to obtain life-ending medication in consultation with their doctors, making Illinois the ...

(WIFR/Capitol News Illinois) - On Friday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed the “Medical Aid in Dying” bill into law, allowing certain terminally ill people to seek medication and end their own lives.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law an assisted suicide bill that Catholic leaders have ardently opposed. Pritzker, who met with Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 19, cited “freedom,” “choice,” and “autonomy ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Medical Aid in Dying bill Friday, allowing terminally ill adults in Illinois to end their lives with medication prescribed by a physician. The controversial law would go ...

Terminally ill Illinois residents will be allowed to take life-ending medication prescribed by a doctor under a bill signed Friday by Gov. JB Pritzker. The bill, which narrowly passed the Illinois ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law Friday making Illinois the newest state allowing medically assisted dying in terminally ill residents. Known as "Deb's Law," it allows eligible terminally ill adults ...

Terminally ill people will have the option to end their own lives with a doctor’s prescription in Illinois next year, under legislation signed by Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday. Illinois joins 11 other ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed into law a measure that would allow doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives after the controversial bill barely cleared the Senate ...