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Conception Control and Its Effects on the Individual and the Nation
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Title: Conception Control and Its Effects on the Individual and the Nation
Author: Florence E. Barrett
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CONCEPTION CONTROL AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE NATION
by
FLORENCE E. BARRETT, C.B.E., M.D., M.S., B.Sc.
Consulting Obstetric and Gynæcological Surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital. President of the Federation of Medical Women.
With a Foreword by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
1922
PREFACE
This small book has been written in response to many requests for some statement regarding the individual and national effects of the widespread practice of conception control.
It is not intended to give medical advice on the subject for, in my judgment, that is best given to the individual by his or her medical adviser, and will vary in different circumstances.
The question as to whether control of conception shall or shall not be pra