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

(The Center Square) – Aid-in-dying legislation remains at the Illinois Statehouse after it failed to clear the Illinois Senate before legislators adjourned for the summer. Lawmakers spent well ...

A terminally ill patient previously profiled in the Sun-Times calls on Illinois lawmakers to approve "medical aid in dying" legislation. Also, a Cubs fan who was a toddler when the North Siders ...

Supporters of a bill to legalize “medical aid in dying” cry as it passes in the Illinois House on Thursday. Pictured left to right: Daisy Orihuela, Amy Sherman and Donna Smith.

Why should Illinois medical laws be expected to fall in line with Catholic doctrine? The Catholic Church lobbied hard against a bill that would allow the terminally ill to end their lives in Illinois.

(The Center Square) – Aid-in-dying legislation remains at the Illinois Statehouse after it failed to clear the Illinois Senate before legislators adjourned for the summer.

Supporters of a bill to legalize “medical aid in dying” cry as it passes in the Illinois House on Thursday. Pictured left to right: Daisy Orihuela, Amy Sherman and Donna Smith.