SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — A bill that would legally allow doctors to prescribe fatal doses of medication to terminally ill patients has stalled in the Illinois Senate.

Senate Bill 1950 was introduced as "sanitary food preparation" legislation, but contained the “End of Life Options Act,” which would give a mentally sound adult with six months or less to live the option to get medication to die peacefully with the help of a prescription.

Under the bill, a physician must first provide information about comfort care, palliative care, and pain control, and the patient must be able to self-ingest the medication. They would have to make two oral requests and a written request, and the request must be witnessed by two people who attest that the patient is acting voluntarily and with a sound mi

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