CHN POLLS 2007

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Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many adults in Brazil are opposed to euthanasia, according to a poll by Datafolha published in Folha de Sao Paulo. 57 per cent of respondents are against allowing the intentional death of another person in the event of an incurable disease.

Approximately 80 per cent of Brazilians are baptized Roman Catholics. Last year, Brazil’s Federal Medicine Council authorized its affiliated doctors to "suspend" the treatment of people who are kept alive by artificial means.

The National Bishops’ Conference discussed the situation in an official document, which read: "Certain medical interventions can be deemed inadequate, due to the situation of the person who is sick, when death is imminent or inevitable. (...) However, this is not tantamount to suicide or euthanasia."

The Netherlands and Belgium allow for some form of euthanasia. In the United States, the state of Oregon legalized assisted suicide in 1994.

Polling Data

Do you think euthanasia, that is, the intentional death of another person in the event of an incurable disease, should be allowed?

Yes	36%
No	57%
Not sure	7%

Source: Datafolha / Folha de Sao Paulo
Methodology: Interviews with 5,700 Brazilian adults, conducted on Mar. 19 and Mar. 20, 2007. Margin of error is 2 per cent.

June 12, 2007

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Most people in the Czech Republic believe doctor-assisted suicide should be allowed in the European country, according to a poll by CVVM. 58 per cent of respondents support the practice of euthanasia, while 28 per cent oppose it.

In the Czech Republic, assisting a person to commit suicide is equivalent to murder. A proposal that would define specific penalties for killing another person upon his or her own request has not been ratified by the Parliament.

In February, Czech lawmakers voted down a motion to include an article in the new draft penal code which would have allowed euthanasia under certain circumstances. Czech justice minister Jiri Pospisil of the governing Civic Democratic Party (ODS) had proposed to include euthanasia in the penal code as a specific crime punishable by up to six years in prison, but the idea was dropped in the final draft. ODS lawmaker Boris Stastny is currently preparing a bill for the legalization of doctor-assisted suicide in some cases.

The Netherlands and Belgium allow for some form of euthanasia. In the United States, the state of Oregon legalized assisted suicide in 1994.

Polling Data

Do you support or oppose euthanasia?

Support

58%

Oppose

28%

Not sure

15%

Source: CVVM
Methodology: Interviews with 1,132 Czech adults, conducted from May 5 to May 14, 2007. No margin of error was provide

Source Czech Majority Agrees with Euthanasia

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Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research

Most Brazilians Reject Euthanasia

Czech Majority Agrees with Euthanasia