‘Beyond The Pale’: JB Pritzker Could Soon Make Illinois A Hub For ‘Suicide Tourism’ – Daily Wire

A Democrat-backed bill sitting on Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk would turn Illinois into an assisted suicide destination and severely curtail the rights of Christian doctors, a conservative legal group is warning. Peter Breen, the head of litigation at Thomas More Society, said that the text contains provisions that would “force institutions and physicians to refer for and to inform about the opportunity to take deadly drugs and end your life.”
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Leaving Soon, just not soon enough
6 months ago

Sounds morbid, but that is what Illinois has been doing to itself for years.

daskoterzar
6 months ago

He’ll do it if he can tax it.

Call my shrink
6 months ago

We’re the abortion state ,why not the suicide state.

Hello, Indiana!
6 months ago

Is there anything the depraved of IL won’t consider so long as it generates revenue? Good Lord, these people are sick.

The Railroader
6 months ago

It just didn’t satisfy the Left’s bloodlust to murder children for the crime of being conceived. JB the Hutt made Illinois a baby killing tourist destination and the Illinois State Medical Society and its members no doubt filled the political coffers and wallets of The Hutt and his cronies. Now these twisted butchers want to make post-birth abortion a reason to come to Illinois. What’s next, JB the Hutt? Making Illinois a destination for those who want to off grandpa and grandma due to their age? Next will be making it easier for confused teens to make life-ending decisions. It’s… Read more »

Last edited 6 months ago by The Railroader
taxpayer
6 months ago

The article says that a dozen US jurisdictions already permit assisted suicide. It would be helpful to know how those actually work, how many folks actually use them, and the experience of pro-life physicians in those places.
I assume that next year a tax will be enacted, perhaps on all suicides whether physician-assisted or not.
Of interest, here’s a map showing what CDC asserts are suicide rates in every state.

exChgo
6 months ago
Reply to  taxpayer

Thanks for the map linked. Interesting. Sad.

Fed up neighbor
6 months ago

Pritzker and his Illinois politicians are the party of death, think about it.

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