British Choose Life poll: 49 per cent approve assisted suicide

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Research conducted by pollsters working for the campaign group Choose Life found 49 per cent of people across the UK support legalization of assisted suicide while 42 per cent oppose. The exact question asked was: "In principle, do you think it should be legal or illegal to help end the life of a suicidal person?" The question was asked of 1,001 people in Britain, of whom 88 were in Scotland.

Member of the Scottish Parliament Margo MacDonald told The Scotsman that she would have answered "no" to that question even though she wants legislation which will allow people with progressively debilitating or terminal conditions to be assisted in ending their own lives. "It is a very general and misleading question," she said. MacDonald is sponsoring an assisted suicide bill in the Scottish Parliament.

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Maddox, David. "Half of Britons want assisted suicide to be made legal". The Scotsman Published Date: 15 September 2009. <news.scotsman.com/politics/Half-of-Britons-want-assisted.5646125.jp>. The Scotsman, Barclay House, 108 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AS, UK

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  • assisted suicide

  • poll

  • Margo MacDonald

  • Scotland

  • Britain

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Mailed: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 14:24:06 -0600
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EuthaNEWSia is a free Canadian news advisory service covering end-of-life issues such as right to die, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. EuthaNEWSia is produced by the Right to Die Society of Canada which works toward a good death for all, including open, regulated and equitable access to euthanasia and assisted suicide. The editor is Michael Dawson <editor@euthanewsia.ca>. 

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