Although you have acceptable concern for teenagers who have unwanted pregnancies, at no time did you mention the babies (or foetuses) who have been denied their right to life.

To me, that is unacceptable, considering the mass of information available about the growing child in the womb. Contrary to what you believe, society will one day outlaw the barbaric act which is abortion.

Birth and abortion are both traumatic experiences, particularly for unmarried teenagers, who have been fooled by the 'safer sex' message. Teenagers are notoriously erratic people in their behaviour and few are mature enough to cope with contraception.

In most cases, the female carries the burden of failed contraception and the loss of self-respect.

Sexually active teenagers who go from one partner to another tend to become hardened and vulgar.

Putting young females on the pill is bad medicine; in 2005 the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a division of the World Health Organisation, declared the combined oestrogen progestogen oral contraceptive (the most modern and commonly used low dose pill) could cause cancer in a small number of cases.

The only solution is that parents, schools and Government come together to promote abstinence/chastity programmes, which are proving successful in the US and Africa.

The pro-life group, Precious Life, has produced a booklet, Reality, which is worthy of review and could be used as a starting point.

We must offer our young people a happy and healthy lifestyle instead of a diet of pills, condoms, injectables and abortion.

Rita Brennan Rasharkin