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Paragraph in The People, 25 Jul 1965, 'C&G Kearsely Ltd' apologising for referring to 'Widow Welsh's Pills' as being abortifacients.
Report in The Daily Mail, 14 Feb 1966, about Pharmaceutical Society's warning to chemists against selling 'female pills' since they are 'often bought in the mistaken belief that they can induce abortion'.

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