(The Center Square) – A Chicago-based disability-rights organization is seeking a meeting with Gov. JB Pritzker’s office as Illinois prepares for possible action on legislation that would legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state.

Senate Bill 1950 , which began as a bill about sanitary food preparation, passed as the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act in the early morning hours of Halloween.

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