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	Oct 2014	May 2015	Sep 2016
Should be allowed	69%		75%	66%	86%	68%		69%	68%	66%	72%	68%
Should not be allowed	14%		12%	18%	5%	16%		14%	19%	14%	12%	13%
Don’t know	18%		13%	16%	9%	16%		17%	13%	20%	16%	19%

69% of respondents think that that doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient commit suicide – similar to results over the last 6 years.  14% think it should not be allowed.

86% of Green voters, 75% of Labor and 66% of Liberal/National voters agreed that doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient to commit suicide.

70% of women, 68% of men and 74% of those aged 45-64 support voluntary euthanasia.