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 ...

The bill recently passed in the New York Assembly and soon, it could be voted on for the first time in the Senate.

A controversial bill known as Medical Aid in Dying could be moving forward in the New York State Legislature. Medical Aid in ...

The debate has recently returned to the spotlight in New York, where the state Assembly passed a bill in April that would ...

Opponents, including some lawmakers, physician groups and the New York State Catholic Conference have cited numerous concerns ...

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

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

A bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide stalled in the Illinois General Assembly last week amid ardent opposition from ...

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.