IN THE NINETIES millions of women and men have taken Send us your letters on any topic, to PO Box 1109, London N4 2UU. Letters over 400 words may have to be edited for length. die. It all fell into place for me then.
Some people with some types of degenerative diseases have been fighting this battle for a long time and now someone has won in this country.
There are those in the disability movement and beyond who are hostile to these moves - who say those involved are being manipulated and pushed by a society that discriminates against people with disabilities. I disagree.
I want the right to choose when I die if I develop such an illness. I want that right to be available for everyone. Fighting to end discrimination against disabled people is a separate and vital issue.
If I knew I was carrying a foetus that if born would face certain death in agony at an early age, I want not only the right to abortion, but also support from those around me. To mix this up with eugenics is to misunderstand the threat of those truly reactionary ideas.
Susan Moore, London Age...