A survey has already been presented (British Journal of Psychiatry, November 1971) of all patients seen by the senior psychiatric staff of Leverndale Hospital and the Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow, with a view to termination of pregnancy for the period of two years following the implementation of the Abortion Act, i.e. from April 1968 to April 1970. During this time 116 patients were seen, of whom 71·5 per cent were recommended for termination. Follow-up of cases not so recommended showed that one-third obtained abortion elsewhere; the rest apparently made a reasonable adjustment to their situation.