Majority of people support legalising assisted suicide in Ireland

Image: Shutterstock/suvita style Image: Shutterstock/suvita style A MAJORITY OF Irish people believe that assisted suicide should be legalised in Ireland.

The poll found that 22% opposed the legalisation of assisted suicide, while 23% said they didn’t know. Young people were among the least likely to support legalisation. The poll found that 48% of 18 to 24-year-olds supported legalisation of assisted suicide, compared to 60% support among 25 to 34-year-olds and 67% among 35 to 44-year-olds.People in Dublin overwhelmingly backed legalisation, with 58% in support. However, support was also high in the rest of Leinster , as well as Munster and Connaught and Ulster .

Earlier this month, a former teacher from Scotland who campaigned for the legalisation of euthanasia died at a Swiss clinic.

Another 'statistic' that has nothing to do with what people think.

Really not sure we should go down this line

It's a persons decision.

Exercising this measure of control over one’s death should be a basic human right. As usual though we have the rent-a-dullards chiming in with their slippery slope non-sequiturs...

Majority of who? Who was asked if they support this?

Elderly people will soon be at as much at risk as babies in the womb. People with special needs will be next on the hitlist. The Nazi ideology only particially succeeded in the 20th century, but likely will fully work in the 21st century. Scary time to grow old.

I'm not surprised to see first out of the trap to put their immoral feelers out about this issue seeing as they did so well in using their massive platform to help introduce abortion at the other end. Although they highlight how pagan Ireland has become again.

Probably a stupid question, but what is the result of increasing the dose of morphine?

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