Life and Death
posted 7/01/2005 12:00AM
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After Terri Schiavo: Following the headline-making, court-supported death of a young woman in a "persistent vegetative state," support for euthanasia in the U.S. continues to rise, doubling in five decades from 37% approval in 1947.
Americans who support euthanasia for the terminally ill:
Weekly church goers:
Evangelical Christians:
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75%
51%
61%
|
Americans supporting doctor-assisted suicide for people
suffering incurable disease with chronic pain:
Weekly church goers:
Evangelical Christians:
|
58%
30%
32%
|
Americans who say, I would not end my own life by some
painless means if I suffered a painful, incurable disease:
Weekly church goers:
Evangelical Christians:
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38%
69%
62%
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Americans who say, Remove my life support in the case of a persistent
vegetative state with no hope of significant recovery:
Weekly church goers:
Evangelical Christians:
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85%
75%
70%
|
—Gallup Poll, May 2005
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