John Smeaton, SPUC director: Read Alison Davis's powerful response to euthanasia campaigner Tony Nicklinson: "I run No Less Human, a pro-life disability rights group which, amongst other things, campaigns against all forms of euthanasia/assisted suicide. NLH members are either disabled themselves, have a disabled family member, or care in some capacity for disabled people. I have several seriously disabling conditions, including spina bifida/hydrocephalus, chronic obstructive pulmonary (lung) disease, osteoporosis and arthritis. I use a wheelchair full-time. I take morphine regularly, but that doesn't satisfactorily control the pain. When the pain is at its worst I can't think, move or speak. I need surgery, but cannot have it, because my lungs are so badly affected there is a high risk that I would die on the operating table. I live with levels of pain which most would find 'unbearable'. But somehow, with the help of my closest friend and carer, Colin, we manage to find a way through the tough times together."
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