THE EDITOR, Sir: IS THIS a case of Animal Farm? A public nuisance is defined as " ... an unlawful act or omission which endangers the health, safety, or comfort of the public (or some section of it) or obstructs the exercise of a common right, for example selling contamintated food, or obstructing a highway."

THE EDITOR, Sir: THANK YOU for keeping the public discussion on the matter of termination of pregnancy going. Such an important matter deserves the widest possible public discourse.