With great pleasure I can inform you that the Illinois Legislature has adjourned early Sunday morning with no further action on SB 1950, a dangerous bill that would have legalized assisted suicide.
Over the last few days, I have kept you updated on the progress of SB 1950 and urged you to reach out to Illinois Senators. When assisted suicide legislation stalled in the Senate, proponents attached it instead as an amendment to an unrelated food safety bill. This procedural trick succeeded in the Illinois House as representatives narrowly voted to approve the bill as amended.
All eyes went to the Senate as advocates in Illinois and around the country called, emailed, and brought to action their friends and neighbors. This was the time to be counted and you made your voices heard!
However, while SB 1950 was not called for a vote in the Senate, it has the possibility to return in a future session, so our work continues.
The tremendous work done by our Ilinois coalition prevented a vote from occurring to legalize assisted suicide. I am so impressed with their tireless efforts and am so grateful to all of you who answer the call to speak up and speak out.
Proponents will be heartened by the slim House passage and we know they will come back. So will we.
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Onward!
Barbara Lyons
Special Projects Coordinator
Patients' Rights Action Fund |
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PRAF is a leading national, non-partisan single-issue organization that protects the rights of patients, people with disabilities, older adults, and other historically underrepresented groups from deadly harm and discrimination inherent in assisted suicide laws. |
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