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JB Pritzker signed a law Friday that will allow terminally ill Illinoisians to end their lives with physician-prescribed medication. The legislation will go into effect in nine months.

The law will apply only to mentally capable adults who have been determined by doctors to have less than six months to live. Major depressive disorder alone does not make a person eligible for end-of-life medication.

Patients must have sign-off from two physicians and pass a mental evaluation to ensure that they are not being coerced into their decision.

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CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law Friday that will allow terminally ill adults in Illinois to take life-ending medication prescribed by physicians.

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