Two-Thirds of Britons Support Legal Euthanasia

Two-Thirds of Britons Support Legal Euthanasia: Angus Reid Poll: An Angus Reid poll found that 67 percent of 2,015 adult respondents support legalizing outright euthanasia in the UK. Fifty-five percent said they believe parents who “assist a terminally ill son or daughter to die should not be punished,” and 58 percent think “people who help a person to commit suicide should not be prosecuted.” Eighty-three percent said that euthanasia would give suffering people “an opportunity to ease their pain” and 77 percent believed it would “establish clearer guidelines” for doctors to deal with end-of-life decisions. Only 30 percent said that legalizing euthanasia would “send the message that the lives of the sick or disabled are less valuable.”