While MSPs and the liberal pro-death lobby are cockahoop over this week's Holyrood vote in favour of assisted suicide, two heartening satatistics show that public support for the measure is in fact extremely flimsy.
A new study has revealed that initial support for the Bill is highest among 45-54 year olds with 83 per cent of those surveyed in favour of it. The lowest level of initial support was found to be among people aged 18-24 at 69 per cent. Having such a gap between younger and older voters is a good sign for the future.
Even better, the poll found that two thirds of Scots oppose assisted suicide when they consider how it operates in practice and think about the arguments against it.
The pollsters said that support for assisted suicide among the general population falls to just 19 per cent when those taking part are presented with 10 arguments against assisted dying, including facts about how it operates overseas.
The study found that among those who initially support assisted suicide, only 25 per cent continued to do so after considering the arguments against.