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A Landmark Lawsuit, But Let’s Not Cheer Too Soon
Last month, a twenty-two-year-old woman named Fox Varian won a lawsuit against her prior doctors who coaxed her into getting “top surgery” (a double mastectomy) when she was sixteen...
Illinois Coroners Push Back on Assisted Suicide Bill
Illinois state coroners recently gathered to discuss the proposed physician-assisted suicide bill that awaits a signature on Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk. Of the one hundred or so county coroners,...
Illinois Chooses Death
At 2:55 a.m. on the morning of Halloween, the Illinois Senate cast a final vote on a food safety bill that had been retrofitted to serve as physician-assisted suicide...
How Sen. Durbin Shifted on Abortion
On January 17, 1982, a young and not-yet-elected Richard J. Durbin served as the master of ceremonies for the Springfield Right to Life committee’s annual March for Life event...
