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| Governor Pritzger meeting Pope Leo XIV |
Executive Director,
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
On December 12, 2025 I reported that Governor JB Pritzger signed assisted suicide Bill SB 9 into law. This was a tragic decision that will result in many deaths and change medical ethics in Illinois by giving doctors the right in law to prescribe poison to their patients.
In the article I stated that it was possible that Governor Pritzker delayed signing the assisted suicide bill because he was scheduled to meet the Pope on November 19.
CNA reported on December 23 that Pope Leo stated that he had urged Governor Pritzger to veto the assisted suicide bill during their meeting. According to the CNA report:
Pope Leo XIV appealed to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to veto a bill legalizing assisted suicide during a Vatican meeting last month, the pope told reporters Tuesday.The Illinois assisted suicide law will go into effect on September 12, 2026.
The pope, responding to a question from Rudolf Gehrig of EWTN News, said he made his opposition to the bill clear in the November conversation with the governor.
The original assisted suicide bill was designed to pass in the legislature. Once assisted suicide becomes legal, the assisted suicide lobby will work to expand the law and incremental extensions will follow.
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