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Illinois Coroners Push Back on Assisted Suicide Bill

Mary Kate Zander

Illinois state coroners recently gathered to discuss the proposed physician-assisted suicide bill that awaits a signature on Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk. Of the one hundred or so county coroners,...

Illinois Chooses Death

Mary Kate Zander

At 2:55 a.m. on the morning of Halloween, the Illinois Senate cast a final vote on a food safety bill that had been retrofitted to serve as physician-assisted suicide...

How Sen. Durbin Shifted on Abortion

Mary Kate Zander

On January 17, 1982, a young and not-yet-elected Richard J. Durbin served as the master of ceremonies for the Springfield Right to Life committee’s annual March for Life event...