HARTFORD, Conn.—When Connecticut residents are asked if they support “making physician-assisted suicide legal in Connecticut” 44% said they favored such suicide help, while 49% were opposed.
The poll was taken in mid-March, about a month after North Branford resident Muriel Clement became the first state resident to die with the assistance of Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Clement, a 76-year-old retired nurse suffering from advanced Parkinson's disease, died in Michigan of intravenous poisoning.
Catholics are least likely to support it while non-Christians or people with no religious affiliation are most supportive.
The telephone poll, conducted by the University of Connecticut, surveyed 500 randomly selected adults. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus five percentage points. (Pro-life Infonet)