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(Right to Life UK<\/a>) New polling commissioned and funded by assisted suicide pressure group, Dignity in Dying (formerly the Voluntary Euthanasia Society), shows that there has been a drop in support for assisted suicide in Scotland.<\/p>\n

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Dignity in Dying commissioned two YouGov polls into assisted suicide in July this year, one in Scotland and a second in England and Wales. While the full polling data for England and Wales has not yet been published, the\u00a0Scottish polling<\/a>\u00a0has been, and it reveals that support for assisted suicide in Scotland has dropped.<\/p>\n

Based on\u00a02019 polling<\/a>\u00a0commissioned by Dignity in Dying, 87% of Scots previously supported assisted suicide being made legal, but Dignity in Dying\u2019s recent polling shows this figure has dropped to\u00a077% in Scotland<\/a>. Significantly, among those polled, strong support for assisted suicide being made legal remains below 50%.<\/p>\n

There is debate over whether there is actually widespread support for introducing assisted suicide to the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Academics have been highly critical of the approach taken by Dignity in Dying with the polling that they have funded on assisted suicide, with two experts from the respected Institute for Social and Economic Research at Essex University\u00a0saying<\/a>\u00a0that previous polling they commissioned on the issue was \u2018skewed and ambiguous\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cAssisted suicide\u201d vs \u201cassisted dying\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Polling from overseas\u00a0shows<\/a>\u00a0that when the words \u2018assisted suicide\u2019 are used in polls, the majority in favour of introducing assisted suicide falls, sometimes by up to 19%.<\/p>\n

Whether respondents to a poll are exposed to counterarguments to the introduction of assisted suicide also appears to have an impact on the percentages of respondents who state they support introducing assisted suicide. In one\u00a0poll<\/a>, undertaken by Savanta ComRes, of people in England, Scotland and Wales, support for assisted suicide\u00a0dropped<\/a>\u00a0from 73% to 43% when respondents were presented with counter-arguments. A poll that was run only in Scotland showed\u00a0similar results<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Liberal Democrat MSP, Liam McArthur, submitted a final proposal for a bill to make assisted suicide legal in Scotland. However, while the proposed bill has received backing from a number of MSPs,\u00a0last month<\/a>\u00a0both the First Minister of Scotland and the Scottish Health Secretary stated their opposition to a change in the law on assisted suicide.<\/p>\n

After meeting with a disability advocacy group, Glasgow Disability Alliance, First Minister Humza Yousaf said that he felt \u201ceven less persuaded\u201d that assisted suicide should be made legal in Scotland.<\/p>\n

Right To Life UK spokesperson, Catherine Robinson, said \u201cThese sorts of polls should be taken with a large pinch of salt. Academics have been highly critical of the approach taken by Dignity in Dying with the polling they have funded on assisted suicide. We know that when polling asks about \u201cassisted suicide\u201d as opposed to \u201cassisted dying\u201d the results can be very different. Furthermore, when respondents are offered counter-arguments to making assisted suicide legal, the results can also change dramatically.”<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: This article was published at Right to Life UK<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

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(Right to Life UK) New polling commissioned and funded by assisted suicide pressure group, Dignity in Dying (formerly the Voluntary Euthanasia Society), shows that there has been a drop in support for assisted suicide in Scotland. 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