Letter: Contraception is not just women's responsibility

From Catherine Sinclair, Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire, UK

I was pleased to see the variety of speakers depicted in your ad for New Scientist Live (25 August). It is great to see the scientific community become more inclusive and thereby enriched and inspirational.

However, I am disturbed by the cartoon accompanying Ian Angus's comment on population (25 August, p 22). All eight parents depicted as causing runaway global warming appear to be women. My understanding was that half of parents are men.

Angus rightly reiterates that contraception should be available to all, but then refers to women choosing whether and when to bear children. Can men not choose contraception?