Blog 3
I did deeper research this time concerning the public’s opinion on assisted suicide and looked at some polls taken on www.dyingwithdignity.org . According to this website, 82% of the public supports the choice of assisted dying for terminally ill adult patients. I was curious as to how they received their statistic and what exactly they mean when they say “general public.” The population they polled includes: the general public, people of faith, and people with disabilities. It turns out (still according to www.dyingwithdignity.org) 86% of disabled people, and 79% of religious people are in favor of changing the law to support assisted suicide. This is an interesting statistic to me, especially since they could not have polled all disabled individuals or people from every religion. However, the high percentages look respectable for their website and are probably great for gaining support from others. In a different poll done by the Pew Research Center ( http://www.pewre...