Voluntary euthanasia
Q. When a person has a disease that cannot be cured and is living in severe pain, do you think doctors should or should not be allowed by law to assist the patient to commit suicide if the patient requests it?
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Sep 2010 |
Nov 2013 |
|
Should be allowed |
66% |
70% |
64% |
71% |
63% |
69% |
68% |
||
Should not be allowed |
14% |
12% |
16% |
7% |
23% |
14% |
19% |
||
Don’t know |
20% |
18% |
20% |
21% |
14% |
17% |
13% |
66% of respondents think that that doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient commit suicide – which is little changed since this question was asked last year. 14% think it should not be allowed – down 5%.
71% of Green voters, 70% of Labor and 64% of Lib/Nat voters agreed that doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient to commit suicide.
67% of women and 65% of men supported voluntary euthanasia – as do 74% of those aged 45-64.
Euthanasia
Q. When a person has a disease that cannot be cured and is living in severe pain, do you think doctors should or should not be allowed by law to assist the patient to commit suicide if the patient requests it?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Green
|
|
Should be allowed | 69% | 69% | 69% | 86% |
Should not be allowed | 14% | 14% | 16% | 7% |
Don’t know | 17% | 17% | 15% | 7% |
69% of people think that that doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient commit suicide.
86% of Green voters that doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient commit suicide. 69% of both Labor and Lib/Nat voters that doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient to commit suicide.
There was no significant difference between the genders.
79% of people aged 65+ think that doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient to commit suicide. This is compared to 57% of those aged 25-34 who think doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient to commit suicide.
58% of those in Queensland think doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient to commit suicide, compared with 75% of people in South Australia.

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