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The Land of Lincoln, and Home State of the Pope, Opts for Suicide

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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks at a press conference in Chicago, Ill., October 9, 2025.

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Today, as expected, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed assisted suicide into law.

To add insult to injury, he does so on a Catholic Marian feast day, Our Lady of Guadalupe, pretty universally recognized as one honoring unborn life: Mary appeared to a Mexican peasant pregnant. He also does so shortly after meeting with the Chicago-born pope, who, as you might suspect, is Catholic and opposed to the killing of patients by their doctors.

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and the religion editor of National Review. Sign up for her weekly newsletter here. She is the author of A Year with the Mystics: Visionary Wisdom for Daily Living.

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