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Opinion
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Mary O’Hara: Cuts are a choice, not a necessity
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Saba Salman: A better you – and calls for a better society
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Ian Goldsworthy: the toughest and the best thing that happened in my life
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Suzanne Gale: A new source of homes is sought
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Jan Walmsley: who really benefits from contraception?
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Lucy Series: The true meaning of home
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Shalim Ali: I’m always trying to think: How could this be done better?
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Saba Salman: Community living – what does it mean to you?
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Ben McCay: Why experts by experience pulled out of care and treatment reviews
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Chris Hatton: Financial decisions affect people’s lives – so they should have their say
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Ken Stapleton: A law that leaves people locked up
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Saba Salman: This is a call to arms – never an admission of defeat
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Robin Jackson: Paved with good intentions
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Simon Jarrett: Our aim: a good life achieved for all
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Simon Jarrett: No hard rules on taking sides
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Suzanne Gale: Whither the energy to fight causes?
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Alicia Wood: An opportunity for everyone to return to society’s communal table
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Amanda Topps: As Down syndrome law is drawn up, debate must be respectful
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Stephen Unwin: Uncomfortable lessons from history and today
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Simon Jarrett: Debate over Down syndrome law: giving one group priority or positive consequences for all?
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Simon Jarrett: An incendiary suggestion
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Simon Jarrett: Editor’s blog
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