Late last Friday, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed into law the Medical Assistance in Death Bill, or MAID, legislation.

On the WHOW Morning Show Thursday, State Rep. Dr. Bill Hauter told the Hart Media Group he is very opposed to this legislation for many reasons, but the top reason being, this is something medicine already practices and calls it assisted suicide - something that goes against the oath taken by doctors.

According to Dr. Hauter, there was bipartisan opposition to this legislation and notes the Governor's hesitation to the bill. 

The Morton Republican points out, every time this legislation has been tried, it has been expanded, and believes it is when, not if, it is expanded in Illinois. He adds medically assisted suicide is the fifth leading cause of death in Canada.

Dr. Hauter believes the Governor was very conflicted in signing the legislation because he heard a lot of people opposed to it; however, his political ambitions were what ultimately led the Governor to sign the bill quietly late on a Friday.

While Dr. Hauter is religious and recognizes there is an argument for a person's freedom to choose to end their life medically, he goes back to the oath of physicians for compassionate care and doing no harm.

Dr. Hauter also feels the bill will create a class of haves and have-nots because those who cannot afford treatment for illnesses with a potential terminal diagnosis will seek this option, versus those that could afford the treatment for those illnesses.