US EditionPritzker approves physician-assisted suicide law for terminally ill patients
Illinois becomes the 12th state to allow terminally ill adults to self-administer physician-prescribed life-ending medication with strict safeguards, effective September 2026.
- On Friday, Gov. JB Pritzker signed SB 1950, allowing terminally ill Illinois adults to receive physician-prescribed life-ending medication, with the law taking effect Sept. 12, 2026, for IDPH implementation.
- Advocacy groups including Compassion & Choices hailed Deb's Law, named for Deb Robertson, noting 71 percent public support and Illinois as the Midwest's first state to authorize medical aid in dying.
- Eligible patients must make oral and written requests signed by two witnesses, with physicians reporting deaths within 60 days to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
- The law requires reporting and protects provider conscience: no physicians or health-care providers must participate, health-care organizations may prohibit staff, insurance plans including Medicaid cannot deny benefits, and death certificates list the terminal disease cause.
- Advocates framed the law within a national trend where Compassion & Choices aims for 50% of Americans to live in states authorizing medical aid in dying by 2028, with Oregon and Delaware setting precedent earlier this year.
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Washington ExaminerIllinois legalizes physician-assisted suicide; critics warn of moral, safety risks
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs Senate Bill 1950, prompting strong backlash from medical, disability, religious and legal groups who say it was rushed and violates key ethical and legal protections.
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