The Christian Science Monitor, July 2, 2003
To the Editor:
Regarding your June 17 article "Bangladeshi clerics back family planners": Our success in lowering the population growth rate was achieved not simply by pushing population control, as your article seems to argue, but by a host of other changes, such as increases in female literacy and earning opportunities, which created a desire for smaller families and a demand for family-planning services. Bringing fertility down to replacement level now requires increased investment in girls' and women's education, health, and employment, and more concerted action to protect their human rights.

New York Times, July 1, 2003
To the Editor:
Restrictive abortion laws, introduced in 1993, punish Poland's most vulnerable people: poor, rural and young women. They cannot afford to pay private doctors (who face jail if they perform abortions in public hospitals) or to travel to neighboring countries to obtain safe services. Their only recourse, back-alley abortions, puts their lives and health at grave risk.

The Financial Times, May 20, 2003
Sir, As the US Congress moves to approve President Bush's Dollars 15bn international Aids initiative, it is critical to acknowledge what works in the fight against the epidemic ("Global spending on Aids prevention 'falling short'", May 14).

The Free Lance-Star, April 13, 2003
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