Overwhelming momentum as 81% of Scots back assisted dying

Commenting on new polling from The National Centre for Social Research's annual British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey which confirms that around four in five Scots (81%) are in favour of assisted dying for someone with a terminal illness, Liam McArthur MSP said:

“In a world of 55-45 and 52-48 votes, this is about as united as you could ever expect Scots to be behind a proposal.

“What this makes clear is that this isn’t some radical change. It’s the overwhelming will of the Scottish people.

“For any MSP colleagues who are still on the fence, I am urging you to work with me to pass this bill. We should be focused on what kind of law we want to introduce to give terminally ill Scots the choice of an assisted death.

“This overwhelming demand is not going away. It’s time to get this done, introducing a robust and well-safeguarded law with the clear support of the Scottish people.”