RE: Alison McCulloch Letter on Friday 8 October. She stated in her letter that she is all for the 'women's right” to choose to abort instead of the government. Abortion is a moral decision rather than a personal one. Abortion is deemed acceptable in our society; just like it's acceptable in India to kill female fetuses (because of up-bringing costs), China to kill female babies (as you can only have one child), and in the Middle East it is acceptable to marry off girl children. We might call these terms paedophilia or murder - but to these counties they are acceptable. Just as abortion is acceptable in New Zealand. Penalty for a mother murdering her defenceless child, should be the same as a stranger murdering an older child. As you have seen above just because something is acceptable does not mean it is right.
Theresa O'Reily, Otumoetai.