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Gov. JB Pritzker signs Medical Aid in Dying bill, making Illinois 1st Midwest state to legalize practice
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- Illinois becomes the 12th state to pass right-to-die legislation, with participation not mandatory for health care providers and time needed for implementation and education.
- Deb’s Law, honoring Deb Robertson, frames end-of-life options as freedom and choice for terminally ill residents and acknowledges patient suffering and the desire to decide how and when life should end.
- In Illinois, patients 18 and older with physician-confirmed mental capacity to make medical decisions may request end-of-life medication if they have an illness that could be fatal within six months, as verified by two doctors.
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