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Legislature to Consider Medical Aid-in-Dying Bill to Allow Terminally Ill Illinoisans to Pass Peacefully

lukej February 12, 2024 No Comments

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…

Illinois Polling Factsheet

lukej January 2, 2024 No Comments

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…

Nilsa Centeno

lukej October 30, 2023 No Comments

The following excerpt is from the op-ed, “Terminal cancer made my son suffer. I urge state lawmakers to pass death with dignity legislation,” by Nilsa Centeno that first appeared in…

Living With Advanced Dementia

lukej October 18, 2023 No Comments

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…

Forest Park Review: It’s hard talking about end-of-life options. This group may help.

lukej September 26, 2023 No Comments

An excerpt from the Forest Park Review article by Tom Holmes, published September 19, 2023: When Jimmy Carter entered hospice care, it made the national news. And it made people across the nation and here…

Chicago Tribune: Commentary: The painful realities of getting old

Katie Wingo September 25, 2023 No Comments

An excerpt from the Chicago Tribune commentary, “The painful realities of getting old,” by Stephen J. Lyons, published September 16, 2023: “On the occasion of my mother-in-law’s 100th birthday, I asked for…

Chicago Tribune: Letters to the editor: Medical aid in dying in Illinois

Katie Wingo September 23, 2023 No Comments

Excerpts from Chicago Tribune letters to the editor published September 23, 2023: Medical aid in dying in Illinois I was moved by author Stephen J. Lyons’ telling of his mother-in-law’s prolonged, agonizing death…

Kelly Rice standing in front of a fence and flowers

Kelly Rice (they/them)

lukej August 4, 2023 No Comments

Kelly Rice is a public health professional working in Springfield and Chicago, Illinois. They’ve been involved in health-related social and long-term care support for over two decades. This includes individuals…

Oliver Ruff

Katie Wingo June 14, 2023 No Comments

Oliver shared his story in May of 2023. When I was 10 years old, my mother moved us to Illinois from Georgia to get away from picking cotton. It was…

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