Transcript of deafness debate

There’s a message on stopeugenics.org about yesterday’s show about deafness and blindness. “To the BBC: shame on yourselves, your a multi million pound organisation, so where’s the access for the very people you are talking about?”

Is being deaf or blind a disability?

This started with an interview on one of the BBC’s most popular news show, The Today Programme, and concerned a deaf couple who were trying to have a child using IVF. The husband argued that embryos which may become deaf should not be screened out. He wants all embryos to be treated equally because he doesn’t view being deaf as a disability. Do you?

Would you stand by your man?

And do you admire women who stick it out after their husband has “disappointed” and lost the “trust” his family? Those are the words used by New York Governor Eliot Spitzer after allegations emerged from police that he’d used prostitutes.

Should we all be on a DNA database?

A British police chief has called for a nationwide DNA database, after two high profile murder cases were solved with the help of DNA evidence.

Is it time that each person’s DNA is stored on a government database, to assist future investigations?

‘People will think we are all wild animals’

Good morning from West London…

There are a number of stories that have caught my eye today. Serbia and the attack on the American Embassy in Belgrade, immigration controls, alcohol controls and controlling teenage pregnancy.

Where is Kenya’s moral leadership?

On Tuesday’s programme we heard from Abda, a Kenyan listening on WCPN in Cleveland. She asked why religious leaders were not condemning the violence. We’ve invited her onto the programme today – here’s what she wrote to us:

Is insanity an excuse for murder?

Hello. doorART Mark in San Francisco (does your Mum call you that?), Kimberley in Philadelphia, Stephanie in Portland, Sean in China, and Josh in New York – thanks for signing up to the Daily Email.