Letter to the Editor, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
8 August, 2005
Dr. Jeffrey A. Nisker,
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Room 9-E20, University Campus
London Health Sciences Centre,
London, Ontario
Canada N6A 5A5
Dear Dr. Nisker:
The enclosed document is further to our previous
correspondence and the final article by Professors
Cook and Dickens published in the Journal (Cook RJ,
Dickens BM, Access to emergency contraception
[letter] J.Obstet Gynaecol Can 2004; 26(8):706).
The document is an appendix to a Project Report
that has not been made public. It has been edited to
remove potentially identifying references. I am not
submitting it for publication, as you indicated in
the Journal that nothing more would be published on
the subject. However, I reiterate my previously
expressed concern about misleading legal claims, and
I think that this information may be relevant to
future editorial decisions.
Professors Cook and Dickens suggested that their
articles did not afford them the scope "for fully
referenced legal or ethical reasoning." Perhaps they
would have incorporated more of the information in
the enclosed document it they had been allowed to
write at greater length. Please consider allowing
them more space in the Journal in future.
Sincerely,
(Sean Murphy)
Administrator
Note: Dr. Nisker was no longer
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal when he received this
letter. The letter and enclosure were forwarded to
his replacement, Dr. Tim Rowe of Vancouver General
Hospital.