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She lived to see ‘Deb’s law’ take effect. Now she can choose how she dies

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CHICAGO (AP) — Deb Robertson counted the days, hoping she’d live long enough for a new Illinois law to go into effect that allows terminally ill people like her to use a lethal prescription to end their lives.

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    She lived to see ‘Deb’s law’ take effect. Now she can choose how she dies (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    CHICAGO (AP) — Deb Robertson counted the days, hoping she’d live long enough for a new Illinois law to go into effect that allows terminally ill people like her to use a lethal prescription to end their lives.

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