Letters.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including one on the 2012 Labor, Health and Human Services funding bill proposal of Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg to cut funds from family planning clinics, the article "Paying deerly" on birth defects in the December 8, 2011 issue, and an article on the U.S. democracy-related issues in the November 2, 2009 issue of "Newsweek."