A BURKED DIsCUSSIg$1 [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,---We
learn with regret that the Council of the British Medical Association has decided for the present not to appoint a committee to enquire into the question of abortion. This is a question on which public opinion, particularly amongst women is now making itself heard and the opportunity fur the medical profession to open and guide a discussion of reform will not long remain. The fact that they have been as a group amongst the last in the community to give serious consideration to the birth control issue has not increased their prestige with the general public and in their own interests as well as the interest to the community of their expert advice on the medical aspects of abortion, it is surely desirable that they should not even appear to shelve the issue. On behalf of the Federation of Progressive Societies and In- dividuals.—I am, Sir, &c.,JANET CHANCE.
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