Should Assisted Suicide be allowed?
Poll Started 30 March 2009: Should Assisted Suicide be allowed? Assisted Suicide is primarily an ethical and moral issue, but there is a financial dimension... there are costs to the NHS and therefore the taxpayer, for keeping people with serious medical conditions alive for longer. Recently some politicians have proposed relaxing the constraints against assisted suicide. Which of these is nearest your view on assisted suicide?
Poll Started 30 March 2009:
Should Assisted Suicide be allowed?
Assisted Suicide is primarily an ethical and moral issue, but there is a financial dimension... there are costs to the NHS and therefore the taxpayer, for keeping people with serious medical conditions alive for longer. Recently some politicians have proposed relaxing the constraints against assisted suicide.
Which of these is nearest your view on assisted suicide?
Results
| A. Never. It’s wrong full stop. |  |
939 votes (8 %) |
| B. Rarely. In medically certified circumstances of extreme pain & discomfort only. | |
3,214 votes (28 %) |
| C. Individual choice. If they're of sound mind, it shouldn't be an offence to help. | |
7,214 votes (63 %) |
11,367 votes received.
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