Dear Sir,
I am writing in response to Bob and Sylvia Allaway’s letter (en Feb 2017). While I agree that Mr Morrison might be rather optimistic in his campaign to get the 1967 Abortion Act repealed, his commitment is to be commended.
Hard cases make bad laws and the Abortion Act is no exception. The vast majority of abortions are performed under the ‘social clause’, risk of injury to physical or mental health of the woman. Not death but just a ‘risk’ of some kind of mental or physical problem.
