ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — In a development that made Illinois the 12th state in the nation to legalize physician-assisted suicide, Gov. JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1950 into law on Friday.
The law allows terminally ill adults to request lethal medication from qualified providers.
The measure sparked immediate backlash from Catholic leaders across the state, including Rockford, who called it a betrayal of human dignity and a gateway to broader harms…