MATERNAL MORTALITY 'AND A REMEDY
[To the Editor of TiiE SPECTATOR.] Stn,—To the useful letter signed F. W. Stella Browne -in the last issue of The Spectator I should like to add the following statement made by a leading gynaecologist in a, discussion on April 9th at the Royal Sanitary Institute : " One day, perhaps, the legalization of abortion will be regarded as the just means of saving the lives of the large number of women who perish nowadays from illegal operations." I have long contended that, for several very important reasons, skilled abortion should at least be available to any woman who has had two confinements and desires it. But even contra- ception is still forbidden by the Roman Catholic Church, except by the " safe period " method. Consequently,.progress in the quantitative and qualitative control of population is slow, and our Government "recognizes Italy's need, for expansion "—that is, suggests that a strong nation with an excessive birth-rate has' thereby Some claim to. get land from a weaker country.—I am, Sir; yours respectfully, B. DUNLOP, AB,
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