Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill on Friday making medically assisted suicide available for terminally ill adults, making Illinois the 12th state, along with the District of Columbia, to legalize the practice.
Opponents said the new law “legitimizes suicide.”
Senate Bill 1950, known as the “End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act” or “Deb’s Law,” which will take effect by September 2026, was in part motivated by personal stories, including that of Deb Robertson, a retired social worker living with a rare terminal illness, who urged the law’s passing to ensure others could access end-of-life options without needing to travel out of state….