The End-of-Life Options Act (SB 9 and HB 1328) would authorize medical aid in dying in Illinois. The Senate version was introduced on 1/13/2025 by Assistant Majority Leader Linda Holmes, and the House version on 1/14/2025 by Majority Leader Robyn Gabel. The legislation is summarized here.
In a 2023 poll, 71% of likely Illinois voters supported this compassionate legislation, and the majority of Illinois physicians also support this option.
Survey of Illinois Physicians’ Attitudes Toward Medical Aid in Dying as an End-of-Life Option
Illinois Legislative Campaign Overview
The Compassion & Choices Action Network Illinois team and the ACLU of Illinois partner in the Illinois End-of-Life Options Coalition. If you would like to get involved, please sign up here.
Tell your lawmakers to support SB 9 and HB 1328 by sending them an email using our simple form. It takes less than one minute to send!
Legislation to allow medical aid in dying, an option for mentally capable, terminally ill adults to peacefully end unbearable suffering, is supported by a wide majority of Illinois voters, regardless of political affiliation, disability, race, gender identity, age or religion.
Happy National Healthcare Decisions Day! Today, April 16, we recognize National Healthcare Decisions Day. In our second year of a global pandemic, we have a unique opportunity to command more attention on the importance of advance care planning and the movement to expand and protect end-of-life options for everyone. Make sure the people you care…
Meet Legislative Champion, Illinois Representative Robyn Gabel Today we’re pleased to spotlight Representative Robyn Gabel (D) of the Illinois 18th House District, which includes several north Chicago suburbs. Rep. Gabel also serves as the Assistant Majority Leader. First, please enjoy local and national updates about the end-of-life options movement. Local Update Our Illinois volunteer Action Teams continue…
As we close out 2021, we’re celebrating our first year of publishing this newsletter, bringing you up-to-date news on the growth of the movement to expand and protect end-of-life care options in Illinois. Together we have made terrific progress this year: Forty-five volunteers stepped forward to meet with 16 state legislators by Zoom this summer….
Meet Legislative Champion, Illinois Representative Robyn Gabel Today we’re pleased to spotlight Representative Robyn Gabel (D) of the Illinois 18th House District, which includes several north Chicago suburbs. Rep. Gabel also serves as the Assistant Majority Leader. First, please enjoy local and national updates about the end-of-life options movement. Local Update Our Illinois volunteer Action Teams continue…
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Compassion & Choices lanzó hoy videos bilingües de Miguel Carrasquillo, fallecido residente de Chicago, para conmemorar el quinto aniversario de su muerte desgarradora por un cáncer cerebral y mostrando la necesidad de presentar y aprobar una ley de ayuda médica para morir en el estado de Illinois. Las leyes de ayuda médica para morir permiten…
Compassion & Choices today released bilingual videos of deceased Chicagoan Miguel Carrasquillo to commemorate the fifth anniversary of his horrific death from brain cancer and demonstrate the need to introduce and pass a medical aid-in-dying law in Illinois. Medical aid-in-dying laws allow mentally capable, terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to…
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