The survey on ethical issues conducted by Eurispes and presented on Wednesday, May 24, shows that 67.9% of Italians are in favor of euthanasia (down 7% from 2022), while 68.8% support living wills (the percentage was of 69.3% last year). With respect to the possibility of assisted suicide, Italians in favor represent 50% (they were 41.9% in 2022 and only 39.4% in 2019). Legal protection to de facto couples, regardless of gender, sees 64.1 percent of Italians in favor, while the possibility of same-sex marriage garners 59.2 percent of favorable indications, and legal protection of de facto couples finds 64.1 percent of citizens in agreement. In 2019, to be in favor of adoption of children even for same-sex couples were 31.1% of Italians; today it is 50.4%. Adoption of children even for singles is an issue that just over half of Italians agree on (56.3%). Fifty-eight percent of Italians are in favor of heterologous fertilization, an increase from 2022 (56.9%); just under 4 in 10 Italians are in favor of surrogacy instead (39.5%). As for the legalization of soft drugs, less than half of Italians say they are in favor (47.9%); a similar figure is found for the legalization of prostitution (45.7% of citizens in favor).
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