15 JULY 1995, page 25

Sir: May I Add To The Chorus Of Admiration For

your article about the birth of your daughter? My feelings on this subject are strong. Had I been conceived today and my muscular dystrophy been detected by screening, doctors......

Sir: As You Indicate, All Babies Are Special, No One

like another. I have been in general practice for 40 years and am horrified by the changes in attitude of so many of my colleagues — I just can't understand it. Articles like......

Sir: I Am Writing On Behalf Of Labour Life Group

members to express our best wishes to you and your family on the birth of your daughter as described in your article in The Spectator magazine recently. But it is sad that what......

Ripe Riposte

Sir: Why, in praising British Cheese, does Martin Vander Weyer find it necessary to denigrate the cheese production of France ('Cheese: British is best' 1 July)? The devel-......

Letters Life Or Death Issue

Sir: I would like to redress the balance (All you need is life', 17 June). First, I congratu- late you on the birth of your daughter. I admire the courage and compassion that......

Sir: Blaming The Medical Profession For The Popularity Of...

of Down's syn- drome foetuses (Avoid handicaps. Kill babies' 8 July) seems a rather cheap way to avoid having to examine the morality of society in general. It does not seem to......