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How your religion changes your views on the right to die
Rank-and-file Christians are at odds with religious leaders on euthanasia, with some denominations more supportive of voluntary assisted dying than others.
- Katie Burgess
- The Canberra Times
As an ACT parliamentary inquiry into the end-of-life choices available to Canberrans continues, a survey of 1004 people has revealed how nearly half (48 per cent) of people with religious beliefs supported assisted dying laws.
This is despite a hardline stance from some religious orders against legalising the practice.
One of the report’s authors, Anthony Hogan – who is an…