" It would be of great public interest to know the number of therapeutic abortions performed in this country, and still more to know wbaaspercentage of the cases could have been avoided with full and better medical services," says a writer in Sunrise. a survey of the last 20 years of the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes, New Southgate, London, just published in its second edition by the Rector, the Rev, Joseph Sunn.
" A leading gynaecologist, of wide and varied experience, recently told the writer that in 15 years of busy practice he has only found it necessary to terminate pregnancy On One Occasion." One reason for the absence Ito-day of large families, says this writer, is " the conscious or unconscious conspiracy among many doctors against children."