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		<title>SPOTLIGHT: Assisted Suicide Targets People With Disabilities</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa Sonnenburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg</em></p>
<p>Did you know that legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Illinois would target people with disabilities?</p>
<p>In this Spotlight episode, Monte Larrick sits down with <strong>Riley Spreadbury</strong> to discuss this very topic.</p>
<p>Riley Spreadbury is a leader in the disability community and works with the <a href="https://www.drcjoliet.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disability Resource Center</a> in Joliet, Illinois. She is outspoken in her opposition against physician-assisted suicide and even testified before the Illinois State Senate committee.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;My concerns are that of course not every disabled person is terminally ill, but every terminally ill person, in my opinion, is disabled.</p></blockquote>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/04/spotlight-assisted-suicide-targets-people-with-disabilities/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
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