Aid in Dying Polling Results

1/2/13

Support for Terminally Ill Making Their Own End-of-Life Decisions Is Strong In Connecticut

Question: Do you favor or oppose allowing a mentally competent adult, who is dying of a terminal disease with no hope of recovery, the choice/liberty to bring about their own death?

2 1/2/13

Support for Terminally Ill Making Their Own End of Life Decisions Is Strong In Connecticut

Question: Should mentally competent, terminally ill patients with less than six months to live be able to end their life in a humane and dignified manner, using prescription medications they can self-administer? "is would be entirely voluntary on the part of all participants, including the patient, physician, and any other health care provider.

Voters Also Support the Specific Proposal to Allow for Self-Administered Prescription Medications Across Connecticut

3 1/2/13

Support for Terminally Ill Making Their Own End of Life Decisions Is Strong In Connecticut

Question: Should doctors who give prescriptions to mentally competent, terminally ill patients to help them end their own lives voluntarily be given immunity from prosecution?

Voters also support the specific proposal to allow for self-administered prescription medications across Connecticut Majorities Also Support Immunity for Doctors

4 1/2/13

Voters Want the Option to Determine Their Own End-Of-Life Care

Question: Which comes closest to your own view about how you would feel if you were a terminally ill patient?

5 1/2/13

Voters Think Aid In Dying Should Be Allowed For Specific Circumstances

Question: Should it be legal for a terminally ill adult to request and receive a prescription for life-ending medication from a physician under any circumstance, only for patients with just a few months to live, of sound mind, and who can make decisions for themselves, or under no circumstances?

6 1/2/13

Few Are Concerned About Aid In Dying Leading to Abuse

Question: Which of the following comes closest to your own view? Government shouldn’t meddle in the private, personal decisions terminally ill people make about whether or not to end their own lives OR Government should protect the terminally ill from ending their lives hastily or against their will?

7 1/2/13

•  Conducted  from  May  12th  –  16th,  2012  •  Part of a larger New England survey that

included 600 respondents in Connecticut conducted from May 12th – 16th, 2012

•  +/- 4% Margin of error •  "e bipartisan survey was conducted by

Momentum Analysis and American Viewpoint

Methodology and Notes

8 1/2/13