[ACLU-CU ALERT] PLEASE TAKE ACTION BEFORE WEDNESDAY

[Champaign County ACLU Announcements]

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*DEAR ACLU FRIENDS,*



*Please help us move this bill along!*

*Support End of Life Options:*

   - *File a Witness Slip
   <https://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/157099?committeeHearingId=21572&LegislationId=157099&LegislationDocumentId=196890>.*
    Please fill out a witness slip in support of SB 9 before the bill is
   heard in the Senate Executive Committee on Wednesday.
   - *Reminder: for representation fill in “self." You are NOT filing for
   the ACLU.*
   - Here are additional instructions on filling out a witness slip for SB 9
   <https://www.aclu-il.org/en/take-action-support-end-life-options>.


*Call your State Senator*
Paul Faraci
Champaign Office
(217) 355-5252

Danville Office
 (217) 442-5252

Springfield Office
(217) 782-2507

If Sen. Faraci is not your senator, you can look up your State Senator here
<https://beta.ilga.gov/members/FindMyLegislator>, or call the State Capitol
switchboard at (217) 782-2000.

Sample script:

*As a constituent of your district I am calling to ask you to support SB 9
-- the End of Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. This bill will
allow a mentally capable, terminally ill adult with a prognosis of six
months or less the option to obtain a prescription medication they may
decide to take so they can die peacefully and end their suffering. Please
support this bill when it is voted on. Thank you.*


Last Friday, the Senate Executive Committee held a subject matter hearing on
 Senate Bill 9
<https://www.aclu-il.org/en/legislation/sb-9-end-life-options-terminally-ill-patients-act>,
the End of Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. The measure would
add Illinois to the roster of states that permit a terminally ill, mentally
competent adult with a diagnosis of less than six months to receive a
prescription that allows them to end their suffering and die peacefully.
Khadine Bennett, Advocacy and Intergovernmental Affairs Director at the
ACLU of Illinois, testified during the hearing, alongside Deb Robertson, a
Lombard resident with a terminal diagnosis, Suzy Fleck, a mother whose son
accessed medical aid in dying in California, two medical doctors, and a
representative from our partners at Compassion & Choices.


*JOIN US:* To learn more about these efforts, sign up to attend our
virtual End-of-Life
Options Virtual Advocacy Training
<https://action.aclu.org/event/end-life-options-virtual-advocacy-training-0> on
Monday, March 17 at 4pm. Register at the link above.




*THANKS FOR STEPPING UP!     IT TAKES ALL OF US!*


*ACLU of Champaign County.            *

*"We the People Means All of Us"*


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