<p>Disability rights and patient advocacy groups in Illinois have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new law that allows terminally ill patients to seek medication to end their own lives.</p><p>The advocates oppose the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/11/03/illinois-right-to-die-bill-pritzker?_gl=1*k0oe2x*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTQxOTYyMDczNC4xNzgxMTk0MDEw*_ga_K0F0MB46T8*czE3ODExOTQwMDkkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODExOTQwMDkkajYwJGwwJGgw" target="_blank" >right-to-die legislation</a>, which will take effect in September. <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/12/12/illinois-right-to-die-pritzker-signs-law" target="_blank" >Gov. JB Pritzker signed the bill</a> into law last year, making Illinois the 12th state to permit medical aid in dying.