This Week’s Reader Poll Results: Thank you to everyone who responded to our July 9th poll about Medical Aid In Dying. Unsurprisingly, this survey question elicited robust responses, largely in favor of the concept, with 37% of you fully supporting it, another 15% of you stating that if it’s legally available, a person should have the right to use it and an equal number of you going further, stating that if a person can’t self-administer the medication, a physician should be permitted to do so. Those percentages are roughly in keeping with a recent poll by the Pew Research Center, which found that 6 out of 10 Americans see the practice of Medical Aid In Dying as morally permissible or don’t consider it a moral issue. A very small percentage of you thought the practice should remain illegal. Many of you relayed anecdotes of friends or loved ones who either used this protocol at the end of their lives or should have, given the pain and suffering they withstood as they were dying. Some of you even compared the practice to the humane way that the lives of pets may end, as their suffering becomes unbearable. Several of you framed the issue as one of individual rights and stated that people should have the opportunity to prioritize their dignity when the end is in sight. Thirteen states and the District of Columbia currently legally permit Medical Aid In Dying, and many more states are poised to consider the process in their state legislatures. While still controversial in many respects, it does appear that Medical Aid In Dying will increasingly become an option at the end of life for a significant percentage of our country.  

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