4 APRIL 1969, Page 27

Sir: No abortion boom (28 February) will last long—say two

years at the utmost—if (1) every patient, as condition for performance of an abortion, is thoroughly taught, and equipped for, the contraceptive method most convenient and comfortable for her for easy and competent handling for all its permanent and temporary uses and (2) it is made a punishable offence, as in at least one country, to withhold information from persons over the age of twelve, about both how to beget children and how to avoid them.

Let the abortionists get their Jaguars while they may. An IUD hurts less, costs less, pro- tects longer, takes only five minutes to fit. Ruth W. de Tichauer Pathfinder Fund Bolivian Branch Office, casilla 483, La Paz, Bolivia