This a mail I sent to BBC Radio 5 Live

This a mail I sent to BBC Radio 5 Live on the news that British legal system has failed in its duty of compassion for Mr and Mrs Purdy.
Mrs Purdy has a similar form of MS to Herrad. When the time comes she wants to travel to Switzerland for euthanasia. She wants to know if her man will get jailed for helping her- if he even buys the ticket for the plane he may be liable to prosecution and a period of imprisonment for assisting her suicide. It looks as if Mrs Purdy will choose to die a lot sooner than if she was allowed to organise the end of her life in a compassionate environment. The law does not protect the vulnerable but persecutes dying.

Dear Victoria
I am in a similar position to Mr Purdy but I am a resident of the Netherlands. I am doing every thing in my power to make my wife's life worth living but I know when it comes to the bitter end there is a point of pain and frustration she can not bare.
I know that with help of our trusted GP and a specialist anaesthetist she will be allowed to slip gently from this world in her own bed and my arms. Her pain will end.
I dread that day because she is the love of my life and losing her will destroy me. I have thought long and hard about her life ending but can not see beyond that point. Gordon Brown's argument that I may pressure my darling to end her life for my convenience is insulting to me and other care givers. For years now I have fought to keep her as alive as she can be.
I can see from Mrs Purdy's position the current situation in the UK is forcing her to take that trip sooner than she may have done so as to protect her husband. My darling is now much worse than Mrs Purdy (she could not travel) and I guess if we had to go to Switzerland she would have left me by now. This would be tragic because she is a wonderful woman and still makes a positive contribution to the world. Mrs Purdy should have the time and space to enjoy her life and not spend so much time organizing her death. Her man needs the security of being able to plan. Change the law and be kind to the dying!
Richie Maguire Amsterdam