The Abortion Bill
SIR,—All this chat about the sanctity „of the early conception is of little practical importance to the gynaecologist who regards the earliest upsurge of hormones within a few days of conception as human life albeit a mere flicker. Thus if the patient has simple tumours in the womb, such as fibroids, he may have quite a difficult time of it as he ex- plains that his ethics and those of his nursing staff require him to postpone removal of the womb until the baby (perhaps not too welcome if the mother is forty-two) is safely born.
While Mr Steel's Bill comes under fire next term could we all accept this and settle down to argue if babies should be killed off because the roof leaks or the boy-friend has absconded? H. C. MCLAREN Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, 15
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