This poll is disturbing. It reports that whites, including white Catholics, support assisted suicide. Blacks and Hispanics of all religious beliefs are strongly opposed to assisted suicide, as are white evangelicals. http://www.pewforum.org/files/2013/11/end-of-life-chp1-2.png … [Read more...] about Pew Forum Poll Shows Blacks and Hispanics Joining White Evangelicals to Oppose Assisted Suicide
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Most Medical Professionals Continue to Oppose Physician Assisted Suicide
This article just popped up on Yahoo news (http://news.yahoo.com/physician-assisted-suicide-poll-shows-divide-among-experts-211240329.html). The New England Journal of Medicine, most of whose readers are medical professionals, conducted a poll in which readers were asked to decide whether assisted suicide should be an available end of life option for the terminally ill. … [Read more...] about Most Medical Professionals Continue to Oppose Physician Assisted Suicide
Urgent: Corrected Link to the PAS Poll in the Burlington Free Press
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/poll/2013-05-20/7117084 Please vote NO to the question: "Are you in favor of the end-of-life bill enacted by the Vermont legislature and Gov. Shumlin?" Our earlier post had an incorrect link. It was possible to get to the poll, and we have narrowed the gap; but getting the poll instead of the results was difficult, and we are still … [Read more...] about Urgent: Corrected Link to the PAS Poll in the Burlington Free Press
Breaking News! New Poll Shows Vermonters Do Not Support Legalizing Assisted Suicide
The poll, just released by Vermont Alliance for Ethical Health Care (VAEH), shows that many Vermonters believe the concerns of opponents of assisted suicide are justified and that, after being exposed to these concerns, only 32.9% of Vermonters support an Oregon Style assisted suicide law for our state. 67.1 % do not support the Oregon style law. Of that group, 27.6% … [Read more...] about Breaking News! New Poll Shows Vermonters Do Not Support Legalizing Assisted Suicide