Conception Control and Its Effects on the Individual and the Nation
With a Foreword by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
and it is becoming a common practice to start married life with sordid and unnatural preparations for a natural act; yet many of these young people, men and women alike, are most anxious to have children, and only seek to know how to prevent them because they believe it to be "the thing to do."
One or two illustrations which have come to my personal knowledge will perhaps show the kind of idea which is conveyed to the mind of young people by books and speeches on this subject, though such results may not have been desired by the authors or speakers.
A young bride came to her mother on returning from her honeymoon and said, "Mother, how long must we wait before having children--is it really necessary to prevent them for a year or two? We are both dying to have babies."
A young couple on the eve of marriage consulted a gynęcologist regarding the question of using the cap pessary to prevent the possibility of having children for a few years.
The bride, who was greatly distressed, produced the pessar
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This pamphlet to me is little more than implied eugenics endorsed by clergy, with a pretense of morality.
If nothing else highlights the ethical paucity of this elitist crackpot, it's this statement:
"Tests of intelligence were carried out on recruits for the American Army, white and coloured, and they shewed marked superiority of the white race."
It's not that everything in it is untrue or wrong, but I would think anyone who had actually read the Bible would think the majority to be un-Christian.
It does have some historical value, but although I realize it was written in the 20's, this line of thinking continues today.
So if you love humankind at all, read this - some of it might make you a little mad.
