Embryos debate

The Rev Donald Macdonald (Letters, 13 September) and I agree that abortion is regrettable. There may also be common ground between us when it comes to discussing contraception, but we will have to

as to whether embryos and foetuses should be considered human or not.

I am interested, however, in learning whether he wishes to return to the days when women seeking to end a pregnancy put their lives at risk at the hands of back-street abortionists?

Whatever one’s view of abortion, the current system, where it may be carried out legally and safely, is much better than previous years when it was done illegally and unsafely.

MARTIN FOREMAN Craigend Park, Edinburgh