Scholars weigh in on efforts in Illinois and other states to pass assisted suicide legislation following Canada's lead.

Illinois lawmakers filed more than 7,500 bills this spring session, and 615 of them crossed the finish line. While most bills ...

A bill that would legally allow doctors to prescribe fatal doses of medication to terminally ill patients has stalled in the Illinois Senate.

Under the proposed Illinois legislation, death certificates would show the terminal illness as the cause of death, not ...

A bill advancing in Illinois would allow terminally ill adults to end life on their terms with doctor support.

"Medical aid-in-dying" has become legalized in Delaware, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York, with other states trying to pass ...

Aid-in-dying legislation remains at the Illinois Statehouse after it failed to clear the Illinois Senate before legislators ...

The Catholic Church lobbied hard against a bill that would allow the terminally ill to end their lives in Illinois.

The act targets the health insurance middlemen that manage members' prescription drug benefits on behalf of the plans, ...

State lawmakers are still ironing out the details of a $1 billion tax package with just a few hours left in the legislative ...