Assisted Suicide
Illinois medical aid-in-dying bill heads to Pritzker after narrow Senate vote
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A Democrat-sponsored bill to allow terminally ill adults in Illinois to obtain life-ending medication has cleared the General Assembly and awaits Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s review following a 30–27 Senate vote in the early hours of Oct. 31, after House passage in May.
In an RND interview, Federal Medical Association President Klaus Reinhardt discusses Germany's high doctor visit rates, which he does not attribute solely to patient behavior. He warns against planned prescribing rights for pharmacists and advocates for a sugar tax as well as smartphone bans in schools. Additionally, he supports a new regulation of assisted suicide with strict protective measures.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that she intends to sign the Medical Aid in Dying Act once lawmakers return to Albany to add safeguards she requested, a move she defended in an op-ed by invoking the nation’s founding principles of limited government and individual rights. The decision has drawn sharp criticism from Republicans, religious leaders, and disability advocates who argue the policy is a moral mistake that endangers vulnerable people.