A bill permitting so-called medical aid in dying passed the State Legislature and will now head to Gov. Kathy Hochul for her ...

Donation Options Search Search Search A plan to let terminally ill people end their own lives stalled in the final hours of the spring legislative session. Mitchell Armentrout/Sun-Times Share ...

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.

The “death with dignity” movement advocates for a terminally ill person’s ability to end their life with a doctor’s assistance under a specific set of circumstances. Medical aid in dying ...

Terminally ill New Yorkers would have the legal ability to end their own lives with pharmaceutical drugs under a bill passed Monday in the state Legislature.

Terminally ill, she lobbied for 'death with dignity.' Her own death was anything but Carney said at the time he was "fundamentally and morally opposed" to state law "enabling someone, even under ...