<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><img src="cid:ii_m7ru76pa0" alt="ACLU-CU-LOGO.alt2.jpeg" width="220" height="104" style="margin-right:0px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="http://aclu-cu.org">aclu-cu.org</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><font color="#0b5394" size="4">DEAR ACLU FRIENDS,</font><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u></span></b></p><p style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">Please help us move this bill along!</font></span></b></p><p style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Support End of Life Options:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in"><li style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><b><a href="https://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/157099?committeeHearingId=21572&LegislationId=157099&LegislationDocumentId=196890" target="_blank">File a Witness Slip</a>.</b><span> </span>Please fill out a witness slip in support of SB 9 before the bill is heard in the Senate Executive Committee on </span><font size="4">Wednesday.</font></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:red">Reminder: for representation fill in “self."<span> You are NOT filing for the ACLU.</span></span></b></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.aclu-il.org/en/take-action-support-end-life-options" target="_blank">Here are additional instructions on filling out a witness slip for SB 9</a>.<b><u></u><u></u></b></li></ul><p style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><u><font color="#ff0000">Call your State Senator</font></u></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span><br><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Paul Faraci </span><br><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Roboto;font-size:15px;box-sizing:border-box">Champaign Office</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Roboto;font-size:15px">(217) 355-5252</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#212529" face="Roboto"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Roboto;font-size:15px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Danville Office</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"> (217) 442-5252</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Roboto;font-size:15px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Springfield Office</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box">(217) 782-2507</p><div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.666667px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.666667px">If Sen. Faraci is not your senator, </span></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.666667px">you can look up your State Senator</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.666667px"> </span><a href="https://beta.ilga.gov/members/FindMyLegislator" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.666667px">here</a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.666667px">, or call the State Capitol switchboard at (217) 782-2000.</span></div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.666667px"><br></span></font><font color="#ff0000" size="4" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sample script:</font><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span><br><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.666667px"><i><br></i></span></font><i style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">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.</i><br><div><br></div><div style="font-size:small;border-width:medium medium 1.5pt;border-style:none none solid;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor windowtext;padding:0in 0in 1pt"><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><br></p></div><p style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Last Friday, the Senate Executive Committee held a subject matter hearing on<span> </span><a href="https://www.aclu-il.org/en/legislation/sb-9-end-life-options-terminally-ill-patients-act" target="_blank">Senate Bill 9</a>, 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. </p><p style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4"><b><font color="#ff0000">JOIN US:</font></b> To learn more about these efforts, sign up to attend our virtual <a href="https://action.aclu.org/event/end-life-options-virtual-advocacy-training-0" target="_blank">End-of-Life Options Virtual Advocacy Training</a> on Monday, March 17 at 4pm. Register at the link above.</font><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div style="font-size:small;border-width:medium medium 1.5pt;border-style:none none solid;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor windowtext;padding:0in 0in 1pt"><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> </p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000"><b>THANKS FOR STEPPING UP! 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