Editing Margo MacDonald (section)

==''My Right to Die''==
In July 2008, MacDonald co-operated with [[BBC Scotland]] in the making of a documentary about [[Euthanasia|assisted dying]]. As someone with Parkinson's, MacDonald had long been a campaigner for assisted dying, saying that {{blockquote|"As someone with a degenerative condition – Parkinson's – this debate is not a theory with me. The possibility of having the worst form of the disease at the end of life has made me think about unpleasant things. I feel strongly that, in the event of losing my dignity or being faced with the prospect of a painful or protracted death, I should have the right to choose to curtail my own, and my family's, suffering."<ref name="BBCScotland">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7507486.stm|title=BBC Scotland, 15 July 2008|work=BBC News|date=15 July 2008|access-date=6 May 2011}}</ref>}}

In the programme, MacDonald travelled around Scotland and met fellow "sufferers" and investigated the pros and cons of assisted dying, later stating that {{blockquote|"Online, euthanasia campaigners show viewers how to make an 'exit hood' to end your life, and I know people with terminal illnesses now make the awful trip to Mexico to buy lethal doses of drugs to take their own lives, all because of our current laws. I am in no doubt that our legal system must change."<ref name="BBCScotland"/>}}