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

1. 1997
   Oregon becomes the first U.S. state to pass a medical aid-in-dying law.
2. Recently
   New York legalizes medical aid in dying, with the law taking effect in August.
3. Days before Sept. 12
   A judge temporarily blocks enforcement of Illinois' law against Catholic groups that challenged it.
4. Before Sept. 12
   A judge denies a preliminary injunction request in Ebony Payne's lawsuit against the law.
5. Sept. 12
   Illinois' 'Deb's law' takes effect, making the state the 13th to authorize medical aid in dying.
6. Sunday
   Peter Redgrove uses California's assisted-dying law to end his life.

“I believe that God gave me this extra time so that I could see this law through.”