Re: abortion, It is entirely the mother's decision to abort and nobody else's business to criticise! I agree that abortion clinics are necessary to abort badly deformed babies and if the mother's health is at stake.
We have got to have birth control to halt our burgeoning population, as there are millions of new babies every year which cannot be sustained. Badly malformed babies are costing a fortune to operate on, plus a huge cost to taxpayers and the welfare system.
There are hundreds of thousands of mentally and physically maimed people in institutions world-wide costing a fortune, so why not euthanize the very worst of them, as their parents and families would be better off!
Let us all be sensible, realistic and rational as this is a very serious problem for our future population.

Ernest Izett, Tauranga.