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U.S. Support for Euthanasia Hinges on How It's Described

Support for making it legal for doctors to help terminally ill patients die ranges from a bare majority, 51%, to a supermajority, 70%, depending on how the question reads. Support for doctor-assisted "suicide" is down in recent years.

Post-Derby Tragedy, 38% Support Banning Animal Racing

While in general, Americans do not favor giving animals the same rights and protections as humans, 38% do favor an outright ban on horse and dog racing.

Public Divided Over Moral Acceptability of Doctor-Assisted Suicide

A recent Gallup Poll finds Americans are generally divided about whether doctor-assisted suicide is morally acceptable or morally wrong. Even so, a majority of Americans believe doctors should be allowed to help a terminally ill patient commit ...

Public Continues to Support Right-to-Die for Terminally Ill Patients

Gallup's annual survey on Values and Beliefs, conducted May 8-11, 2006, finds that the vast majority of Americans continue to support "right-to-die" laws for terminally ill patients. An analysis of Gallup data collected since 2003 shows that ...

Gallup Poll Social Series

The Gallup Poll Social Series is a monthly, in-depth report series that explores key Gallup Poll data trends and social topics.

Three in Four Americans Support Euthanasia

The latest Gallup annual survey on values and beliefs shows that 75% of Americans support euthanasia -- allowing a doctor to take the life of a patient who is suffering from an incurable disease and wants to die. But the survey also finds that a ...

Preaching to Another Church's Choir?

Gallup Poll data confirm that committed Catholics are much more likely to share the church's views on moral issues than are non-committed Catholics. Gallup surveys also reveal that on many moral issues, practicing Protestants, as a group, are ...

Public Grapples With Legality, Morality of Euthanasia

Gallup’s 2004 Values and Beliefs poll asked respondents about the legality of doctor-assisted suicide using two separate questions. The first question describes the patient as having a “disease that cannot be cured” for which the doctor would ...

Canadians and the Ethics of Euthanasia

Americans continue to grapple with the issue of doctor-assisted suicide as the federal government appeals its recent legalization in Oregon. As Oregonians challenged current social standards regarding euthanasia, Gallup took a look at the ...

Right to Die or Dead to Rights?

Technological and scientific advancements have done much to increase average life expectancy and to improve most health indicators, such as self-rated health status, infant mortality and cancer rates. Ironically, there are ways in which making ...
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