Poll: New Yorkers Support Doctor-Assisted Suicide for Terminally Ill Patients

The majority of people from New York State support "allowing doctors to legally prescribe lethal drugs to help terminally ill patients end their own lives," according to Quinnipiac University Poll.

The results:

• 63 percent support doctor-assisted suicide.
• 29 percent oppose.

Of all demographics reported in the poll, only those who attend weekly religious services oppose doctor-assisted suicide:

• 31 percent support.
• 61 percent oppose.

"New Yorkers overwhelmingly support doctor-assisted suicide. Almost two-thirds of voters, including 60 percent of older voters, say doctors should be able to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients," Peter A. Brown, Quinnipiac University Poll assistant director, said in a statement.

"The 63 percent support for legalizing so-called recreational marijuana is a high water mark in New York. Voters don't see marijuana as a gateway to stronger drugs."

Quinnipiac polled 1,076 New York State voters by phone, with a margin of error of +/- 3.7 percentage points.

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