I note the headline in your October 22 edition, entitled 'Respect our views'. I fully endorse the call of the leader of the Opposition to our international partners to respect our views on the matter of the death penalty and sexual preferences.

I am always concerned though, when glaring inconsistencies arise in applying general principles. Mrs Simpson Miller, for example, has, along with her party's representatives, sounded willing to legalise abortion in Jamaica. Are the views of the majority in Jamaica on this sensitive issue going to be taken into consideration when she votes on it?

I make the same request of the People's National Party that its leader as Mrs Simpson Miller has made in Parliament on Tuesday. Please "respect our views" in the matter of legalising the wilful termination of the life of an innocent unborn child.

I am, etc.,

DOUGLAS SIMPSON

doug_simpson5@hotmail.com

Kingston 8