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Pew Research outlines 16 major American religious groups that explin how their faith traditions’ teachings address physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia and other end-of-life questions.

The religions include:

• Assemblies of God
• Buddhism
• Catholicism
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Episcopal Church
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Judaism
• National Baptist Convention
• Presbyterian Church U.S.A.
• Seventh-day Adventist Church
• Southern Baptist Convention
• United Church of Christ
• Unitarian Universalist Association
• United Methodist Church

About the organization: Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.

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