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?
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Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
Sep 2010 |
Nov 2013 |
Oct 2014 |
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Should be allowed |
72% |
76% |
68% |
83% |
72% |
69% |
68% |
66% |
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Should not be allowed |
12% |
12% |
15% |
1% |
16% |
14% |
19% |
14% |
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Don’t know |
16% |
11% |
17% |
16% |
12% |
17% |
13% |
20% |
72% of respondents think that that doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient commit suicide – up 6% since this question was asked last year. 12% think it should not be allowed – down 2%. This represents the strongest support for voluntary euthanasia over the past 5 years.
83% of Green voters, 76% of Labor and 68% of Liberal/National voters agreed that doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient to commit suicide.
73% of women, 71% of men and 78% of those aged 45-64 support voluntary euthanasia.