March 3, 1970

Bon. Shirley Chisholm
United States Representative
House of Representatives
Washington, BD. C.

Dear Mra. Chisholm:

Your stetement on “Abbrtion and Population Control” which appeared in
the Congressional Record for December 11 has only just come to my atten-

tion. May I offer wy hearty congratulations for your courageous and
perceptive statement.

Am I wrong in the belief that you are the first member of the Gongress to
have taken a forthright position on the question of voluntary sbortion?

I am enclosing an article of my own that appeared a few days age in the
Washingtoa Post. You might well believe that I had plagiarized your
etstement, but instead I trust you will accept wy regret that I wae not
aware of it in time to give it the credit {t justly deserves.

Yours respectfully,

Joshva Lederberg
Professor of Génetics