Sir: While I am flattered by Mr Quentin de la
Bedoyere's reference (Letters, 30 June) to my re- freshing honesty, I was not, of course, writing about the contents of the Abortion Bill, but, as I made quite clear, about the contents of Dr Goodhart's absurd letter, in which he alleged that women could not be expected to know whether they really wanted abortions (nor their husbands neither)—but doctors could intuit this for them, presumably by magic.
Mr de la Bedoyere supports this bizarre point of view, telling us that the 'hormonal changes' of preg- nancy interfere with 'the soundness of the mother's decision.'
Presumably this is not confined to decisions about abortion. If so, ought not women to be dis- enfranchised until the menopause—or, to be on the safe side, until senility and sterility can be assured? I. S. Mason 48 Greenvale Road, London SE9
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