Sponsors of a physician-assisted suicide bill in Illinois are trying to get a measure that would make it the 12th state to legalize medical aid in dying before the legislative session ends on Saturday ...

Scholars weigh in on efforts in Illinois and other states to pass assisted suicide legislation following Canada's lead.

Under the proposed Illinois legislation, death certificates would show the terminal illness as the cause of death, not ...

"Medical aid-in-dying" has become legalized in Delaware, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York, with other states trying to pass ...

Under Senate Bill 1950, doctors would be allowed to prescribe terminally ill patients a lethal dose of medication that they ...

Legislation that would allow terminally ill people to end their lives with the help of a doctor was passed by the Illinois House and now heads to the Senate.

The Illinois House late in the day May 29 passed an assisted-suicide bill that Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich said has the potential to spur ...

Opponents of physician-assisted suicide legislation in Illinois are breathing a sigh of relief, but not for long because they say this is not the end of lawmakers' push for hastened deat ...

New York will become the 12th state in the country to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to terminally ill ...

A bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Illinois was not called for a vote in the Senate before the Legislature adjourned on June 1, effectively halting its progress for the session amid ...

Exterior close-up of the Illinois Capitol dome (photo: Unsplash) A bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Illinois was not called for a vote in the Senate before the state Legislature ...