As our families slept, the Illinois Senate quietly advanced a bill to legalize assisted suicide — passing it by the bare minimum of votes at 3 in the morning on October 31st. This puts the future of life-and-death decisions in Governor Pritzker’s hands.
You may remember that the Illinois House already passed this bill last May only after supporters gutted an unrelated food-safety bill and replaced its language entirely with assisted-suicide provisions — a move designed to bypass normal scrutiny.
Calvin Lindstrom, pastor of Church of Christian Liberty in Arlington Heights, expressed his disappointment:
“This proposal would legalize the abandonment of the desperate, dressing suicide as ‘dignity’ while the state and conniving doctors washes their hands of the duty to protect life. My heart breaks for every soul in such pain that death seems the only door. May God’s people bring a witness of true hope in the face of death.”
For years, a broad coalition of organizations and concerned Illinoisans has worked tirelessly to thwart this legislation. That effort must now shift to the Governor. This legislation puts the most vulnerable among us — the elderly, the disabled, and those struggling with depression — at grave risk.
Illinois is now poised to become the 12th jurisdiction — and the first in the Midwest — to normalize assisted suicide. And make no mistake: the message this sends to our loved ones and neighbors is that suicide is a legitimate “medical option” when life feels too hard to bear.
But suicide is never the answer — and Illinois should never promote it as one.
Our attention now turns to Governor Pritzker. We must pray — then call and email his office — and then continue to pray that he will veto this dangerous bill. If you have never spoken up before, this is the moment. Every phone call, every email, every prayer matters in defending a culture of life in the Land of Lincoln.
This moment is also a sobering reminder: our work is far from finished. Lawmakers do not have the final word — we do, in our homes, churches, and communities.
It is incumbent on all of us — fathers and mothers, grandparents and church leaders — to teach the next generation the sanctity of human life. We must be intentional and vigilant, so our children and grandchildren are not pulled in by the deadly lies our culture is working overtime to normalize.
As for IFI, we will continue to stand for those whose voices are dismissed or silenced. We will continue to point to the Author of Life, who alone gives life dignity, purpose, and worth. The battle is not over — and by God’s grace, we will press on, faithfully teaching and defending a biblical worldview that honors the sanctity of every human life.
Take ACTION: Please pray that God would bring this dangerous agenda to a halt in Illinois. Ask the Lord to convict the heart and mind of Governor Pritzker — that he would see the grave consequences of normalizing suicide and refuse to sign SB 1950 into law. May God stir his conscience, overwhelm him with truth, and lead him to protect every vulnerable life in our state.
More ACTION: Please click HERE to email Governor JB Pritzker today and urge him to veto SB 1950. Tell him Illinois must protect the vulnerable — not promote assisted suicide as a so-called “solution.”
Read more about this troubling proposal HERE.
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Thank you for taking action to help protect our family members, friends and neighbors!
