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Sir,—l presume R. P. Dalzell has not read the Lancet paper he/she misquotes. It shows that for only one kind of abortion method (D. and ,C.), in one of the three sets of cities studied, could a difference in miscarriage rates in subsequent pregnancies be detected. In this worst case, women, having an abortion in their first pregnancy had an 18 per cent risk of a miscarriage in the next pregnancy, compared with 14 per cent for other women. For the vacuum aspiration method commonly used for early abortions no effect could be found. Subsequent papers which I have no space here to quote confirm that modern abortion techniques reduce' the risk to within 1 per cent of the normal risk. Researchers have identified the hazards to avoid both in the early invalid statistical work and in clinical practice. This correspondence has shown very clearly the kind of misinformation which S.P.U.C. . propagates.—Yours, etc., ALAN WILKINSON. June 10. 1982.
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