A proposal before the state Legislature to legalize medically assisted suicide sees wide support among most voters, even those from traditionally conservative backgrounds, according to a new poll.

Joined by dozens of advocates, lawmakers and patients Wednesday, JoAnn Vizziello, who is diagnosed with an incurable form of blood cancer, welcomed the release of the poll of over 1,000 Bay State voters conducted by Beacon Research, which showed about 7 in 10 of those surveyed were in favor of allowing patients suffering from terminal medical conditions to end their lives in consultation with their doctors and provided they are of sound mind.

“I don’t want to be in unbearable pain and suffering when I die. I also don’t want to be so doped up on morphine that I’m barely conscious during the countless days or weeks it could take my body to completely break down. I want to be in my own home, aware of my surroundings, and in the arms of my loving husband,” Vizziello said.

Sponsored by state Sen. Jo Comerford, Reps. James O’Day and Ted Philips, the End of Life Options Act, if approved by both chambers of the Legislature and signed by Gov. Maura Healey, would make Massachusetts the 11th state to legalize physician assisted suicide.

Neighboring Vermont, on Tuesday, became the first state in the country to expand the practice to out of state patients.

Massachusetts has floated the idea of allowing terminally ill adults to end their lives in the past, but there has been little movement on Beacon Hill. According to O’Day there has been support in the Legislature for the proposal, but lawmakers were not sure about former Gov. Charlie Baker’s will to sign the bill.

“Previous session, we had a governor whose position on this bill we were not clear on,” he said. “We did not know where he stood on this issue. Certainly this polling information today gives us a little more insight as to where numbers are.”

According to pollsters, 73% of voters are in favor of allowing medically assisted suicide, a number that jumps to 79% after those surveyed are explained the bill before lawmakers.

Even groups which may usually protest medical intervention at the end of life — Catholics and pro-life Republicans — supported the idea,

“At least seven in 10 voters (70%-75%) in every region of the state support the bill, as do 79% of Democrats, 71% of unenrolled voters, 68% of Republicans, 89% of strongly pro-choice voters, 68% of moderate pro-choice voters, and a plurality of pro-life voters (47% vs. 43%),” pollsters wrote.