Virginia Ironside
Virginia Ironside (born 3 February 1944) is a British journalist, agony aunt and author. Born in London, she is the daughter of Christopher Ironside, painter and coin designer, and Janey Ironside who was the first-ever professor of fashion design at the Royal College of Art. She was the niece of the visionary painter and designer Robin Ironside. Ironside writes a column, "Dilemmas", for "The Independent," an agony column for the "Idler", and a monthly column for "The Oldie". Her first book, "Chelsea Bird", was published when she was 19. During the 1960s she wrote a rock music  column for the "Daily Mail" newspaper. She is an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society. Comments about abortion. Ironside received attention after her appearance on BBC One's religious discussion programme, "Sunday Morning Live", in 2010. She stated "If a baby's going to be born severely disabled or totally unwanted, surely an abortion is the act of a loving mother" and added "If I were the mother of a suffering child – I mean a deeply suffering child – I would be the first to want to put a pillow over its face... If it was a child I really  loved, who was in agony, I think any good mother would." Though some viewers supported Ironside, many complaints were registered on the programme's website message board. My Death My Decision. Virginia Ironside is a Patron of the right to die organisation, My Death My Decision. My Death My Decision is a right to die campaign organisation that wants to see a more compassionate approach to dying in the UK, including giving people the legal right to a medically assisted death if that is their persistent wish.