Majority of Scottish voters support assisted dying bill, poll reports

Liam McArthur signed a pledge card at Holyrood last year in support of his assisted dying bill. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

A large majority of Scottish voters support proposals to allow terminally-ill people to take their own lives, according to a poll released by campaigners for assisted dying laws.

A new bill to legalise assisted dying in Scotland is due to be published by the Scottish parliament later this year, in a fresh attempt by its supporters to get the measure enacted for the first time in the UK.