Decades of Public Opinion Polls Show Strong Support for Freedom of Choice at End of Life

Patients, Voters and Physicians Support Compassionate Choices

More than 20 years of polling shows majority support of Voters and Doctors

National and California polls of patients, physicians and voters show majority support for aid in dying. Public opinion research has consistently found that Americans want terminally ill individuals to have the right to make their own informed choices at the end of life.

Polling has consistently shown that even larger majorities of Californians favor the concepts of AB 651.

Repeated public opinion surveys over the past 20 years have documented strong support, with more than two-thirds of Californians supporting end of life choice.

Majorities of every political group, including Republicans (64%), support choice.

Majorities of every religious group, including Roman Catholics (65%), support choice.

Additional documentation regarding this issue.

• Support Grows for AB 374 (PDF)
• Facts about AB 651 and Lation Support (PDF)
• Facts About Aid in Dying and Access in Medical (PDF)
• Facts About Aide in Dying and People Living with Disablities (PDF)
• Why Physicians Support The Compassionate Choices Act (PDF)
• Why Bioethicists Support The Compassionate Choices Act (PDF)
• Majority of All Faiths Support Aid in Dying (PDF)
• Poll Summary Fact Sheet (PDF)
• The Field Poll (PDF)
• Yes on AB 374 (PDF)
• The Oregon Experience Poll (PDF)
• Separating Fact from Fiction (PDF)