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Illinois Swallows the Hemlock of Assisted Suicide

The issue of whether killing is an acceptable answer to suffering could not be more crucial.
Illinois Swallows the Hemlock of Assisted Suicide
People take part in a demonstration to oppose the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Old Palace Yard in Westminster, London on Nov. 29, 2024. Yui Mok/PA Wire
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With a scribbled signature by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, the Land of Lincoln became the 12th state (plus the District of Columbia) to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
Wesley J. Smith
Wesley J. Smith
Author
Award-winning author Wesley J. Smith is host of the Humanize Podcast (Humanize.today), chairman of the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and a consultant to the Patients Rights Council. His latest book is “Culture of Death: The Age of ‘Do Harm’ Medicine.”