Editing Life extension (section)

===Opinion polls===

A Spring 2013 [[Pew Research]] poll in the United States found that 38% of Americans would want life extension treatments, and 56% would reject it. However, it also found that 68% believed most people would want it and that only 4% consider an "ideal lifespan" to be more than 120 years. The median "ideal lifespan" was 91 years of age and the majority of the public (63%) viewed medical advances aimed at prolonging life as generally good. 41% of Americans believed that radical life extension (RLE) would be good for society, while 51% said they believed it would be bad for society.<ref name="pewforum.org"/> One possibility for why 56% of Americans claim they would reject life extension treatments may be due to the cultural perception that living longer would result in a longer period of decrepitude, and that the elderly in our current society are unhealthy.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = de Magalhães JP | title = The scientific quest for lasting youth: prospects for curing aging | journal = Rejuvenation Research | volume = 17 | issue = 5 | pages = 458–467 | date = October 2014 | pmid = 25132068 | pmc = 4203147 | doi = 10.1089/rej.2014.1580 }}</ref>

Religious people are no more likely to oppose life extension than the unaffiliated,<ref name="pewforum.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2013/08/06/living-to-120-and-beyond-americans-views-on-aging-medical-advances-and-radical-life-extension/|title=Living to 120 and Beyond: Americans' Views on Aging, Medical Advances and Radical Life Extension|date=6 August 2013|work=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project}}</ref> though some variation exists between religious denominations.