Medical aid in dying is an available end-of-life care option as of September 12, 2026.
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Medical aid in dying is for people who are already dying. It is a lawful medical option for qualified adults with a terminal illness, a prognosis of six months or less to live, who can make their own healthcare decisions and have the ability to take the medication themselves.
Medical aid in dying is not suicide or euthanasia. Compassion & Choices supports people seeking information about lawful end-of-life care options in the United States. We do not provide instructions or guidance for ending your life outside supportive medical care.
If you are feeling overwhelmed, in crisis, or thinking about suicide, help is available right now. You are not alone, and your pain deserves care. Call 988, text 988, or chat with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at https://988lifeline.org/chat/
El Illinois Senate Executive Committee o Comité Ejecutivo del Senado de Illinois aprobó hoy con una votación de 8-3, una propuesta de ley que permitiría a los adultos con enfermedades terminales solicitar una receta prescrita para obtener un medicamento que elijan auto ingerir, para morir pacíficamente. El End of Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act (SB 9) u Opciones de Fin de Vida para Pacientes con Enfermedades Terminales (SB9), pasa ahora al Pleno del Senado.
Mujer con Cáncer Incurable y Defensores, Optimistas que Legisladores Aprobarán Medida Compasiva
Woman With Incurable Cancer, Supporters Optimistic Lawmakers Will Pass Compassionate Bill
A Chicago mother, Suzy Flack has recorded a Mother’s Day video to urge legislators in Illinois to pass medical aid-in-dying legislation as quickly as possible to honor her only son, Andrew ‘Drew’ Flack, who died from cancer. The video comes as Illinois legislators consider the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act (SB 3499) which…
Compassion & Choices is proud to announce that Deb Robertson of Lombard, Illinois is the 2024 Allyne Hammer Excellence in Advocacy Award recipient. The award was created after the death of Compassion & Choices’ supporter Allyne Hammer last year to honor volunteers who work within their communities and exemplify the values of the end-of-life care…
A bill introduced in the Illinois Senate two weeks ago that would allow medical aid in dying for those suffering from terminal illnesses is supported by the principal officer of the Illinois chapter of the AFL-CIO on Tuesday. The legislation—SB3499, the End of Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act, initially sponsored by Senate Assistant…
Una medida presentada hace dos semanas ante el Senado de Illinois que permitiría la ayuda médica para morir para las personas con enfermedades terminales, fue apoyada el martes por los principales funcionarios del Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) y el AFL-CIO de la sede de Chicago. El End of Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act…
Terminally Ill Illinoisans, Advocacy Groups Praise Bill to Allow Terminally Ill to Avoid Needless End-of-Life Suffering Terminally ill Illinoisans and advocacy groups praised lawmakers on Friday for introducing compassionate legislation that would allow mentally capable, terminally ill adults to have the option to get prescription medication to peacefully end unbearable suffering. Illinois residents who support the End…
This piece was originally published by The Illinois Times on May 10, 2018. My grandmother, whom we called “Nana,” always loved children. Many times, she asked me to give her great-grandchildren. In 2000, the moment finally arrived. But it didn’t seem to matter. Eagerly, tenderly, I lay my newborn son in her arms. She sat motionless, her…
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