http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/ian-wood/ Ian Wood is the coordinator of Christians Supporting Choice for Voluntary Euthanasia en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-christian-lobby-versus-christian-compassion/ Christians do support legal assisted dying. This may come as a surprise to most readers, but it is true.  What’s more, 74 per cent of people who claim to have a religion strongly support the right of doctors to provide a lethal dose, according to a 2007 Newspoll. Newspoll - a reputable public opinion polling company, as distinct from newspaper polls that can give skewed results. Exclude religion and we find a massive 91 per cent are in favour of medically assisted dying. Included in this support are four out of five Anglicans and three out of four Catholics. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Ian Wood) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-christian-lobby-versus-christian-compassion/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-christian-lobby-versus-christian-compassion/#item5520 Thu, 05 May 2011 19:45:43 +0000 Ian Wood | Author bios | The Punch