ethics and morals / http://backend.userland.com/rss Â鶹´«Ã½AV WebTeam Just over seven in 10 Americans, 71%, believe doctors should be "allowed by law to end the patient's life by some painless means if the patient and his or her family request it." /poll/648215/americans-favor-legal-euthanasia.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/648215/americans-favor-legal-euthanasia.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 08 Aug 2024 08:00:00 GMT Americans remain largely supportive of the legalization of same-sex marriages, and a majority believe gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable. /poll/646202/sex-relations-marriage-supported.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/646202/sex-relations-marriage-supported.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:00:00 GMT Americans widely regard in-vitro fertilization as morally acceptable, but they divide over whether destroying frozen embryos created by IVF is morally acceptable (49%) or wrong (43%). /poll/646025/americans-back-ivf-divide-morality-destroying-embryos.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/646025/americans-back-ivf-divide-morality-destroying-embryos.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 13 Jun 2024 08:30:00 GMT More Americans rate the ethics of top Biden administration officials in negative than positive terms. This is a worse assessment than for all prior presidential administrations since Reagan, with the exception of Trump. /poll/509279/majority-say-biden-administration-ethics-subpar.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/509279/majority-say-biden-administration-ethics-subpar.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 03 Aug 2023 08:00:00 GMT Most Americans favor abortion being legal to some degree, and a majority self-identify as "pro-choice." /poll/321143/americans-stand-abortion.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/321143/americans-stand-abortion.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 07 Jul 2023 20:00:00 GMT A year after U.S. voters attached record-high importance to abortion as an election issue, the issue is still potent, particularly for the pro-choice side. /poll/507527/abortion-remains-potent-issue-pro-choice-voters.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/507527/abortion-remains-potent-issue-pro-choice-voters.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 21 Jun 2023 08:30:00 GMT Views on the morality of a variety of practices are largely stable, though fewer say same-sex relations are morally OK and more say the death penalty is. /poll/507230/fewer-say-sex-relations-morally-acceptable.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/507230/fewer-say-sex-relations-morally-acceptable.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 16 Jun 2023 08:00:00 GMT More Americans, and particularly Democrats, support abortion rights and identify as "pro-choice" than they did before the Dobbs leak. /poll/506759/broader-support-abortion-rights-continues-post-dobbs.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/506759/broader-support-abortion-rights-continues-post-dobbs.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 14 Jun 2023 08:30:00 GMT As states stock up on mifepristone in anticipation of further litigation on FDA approval, 63% of Americans say the pill should be available with a prescription. /poll/507149/americans-favor-availability-abortion-pill.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/507149/americans-favor-availability-abortion-pill.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 14 Jun 2023 08:00:00 GMT