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Last-minute assisted suicide bill fails to pass Illinois Senate

Opponents of assisted suicide in Illinois are breathing a sigh of relief that the spring legislative session ended May 31 without an Illinois Senate vote on a bill that would have allowed terminally ill people to take their own lives.

Assisted suicide bills moving forward in Springfield

On Ash Wednesday, March 5, the Illinois Senate and House committees were slated to hear bills that would make it legal for a physician or advanced practice nurse to prescribe an array of drugs to someone diagnosed with a terminal illness who wants to end their life.

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