CHICAGO ( 25News Now ) - Governor JB Pritzker is considering signing a new bill that would allow people with terminal illness to access medically-assisted death.

The proposed bill states that anyone 18 and older dying of a terminal illness within six months can have the option of medically-assisted death, in which a doctor would prescribe a lethal dose of medication.

Proponents of the bill have said that there have been no substantial cases of abuse or coercion since Oregon became the first state to accept the practice legally in 1997.

However, people opposing the bill have said that patients can sometimes survive a six-month diagnosis, and the impact of a patient’s death could take a toll on family members and doctors providing the medication.

Ralph Rivera, a Chicago-based lobbyis

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