No reputable journal has ever published a report substantiating Mr. Reiser’s claim that abortion increases the risk of breast cancer.

While it is appropriate for you to encourage reader participation, you have the responsibility to assure readers that what is published is factual.

Would you publish a letter that assets Catholics have a 20 percent lower IQ than the national average just because it was asserted in a letter?

Of course not. It would be an irresponsible canard with no back up.

Gerald Peretsman

Great Neck