Birth Control

Birth Control (A Statement of
Christian Doctrine against the
Neo-Malthusians) [with accents]

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BIRTH CONTROL
A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians
BY
HALLIDAY G. SUTHERLAND, M.D. (Edin.)

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
THE ESSENTIAL FALLACIES OF MALTHUSIAN TEACHING
Section 1. MALTHUS AND THE NEO-MALTHUSIANS. (a) Malthus
(b) The Neo-Malthusians
Section 2. TEACHING BASED ON FALSE PREMISES. (a) That
Population progresses geometrically (b) That Food Supply progresses
arithmetically (c) That Overpopulation is the cause of Poverty and
Disease
Section 3. THE ROOT FALLACY
Section 4. WHAT OVERPOPULATION MEANS

Section 5. NO EVIDENCE OF OVERPOPULATION (a) In the Suez
Canal Zone (b) In "Closed Countries" like Japan
Section 6. A NATURAL LAW CHECKING FERTILITY
Section 7. OVERPOPULATION IN THE FUTURE
Section 8. HOW NATIONS HAVE PERISHED
Section 9. PHYSICAL CATASTROPHES (a) Disease (b) War
Section 10. MORAL CATASTROPHES

CHAPTER II
THE FALSE DEDUCTIONS CONCERNING POVERTY
Section 1. BIRTH-RATE AND POVERTY (a) Famines (b) Abundance
(c) Wages
Section 2. POVERTY IN GREAT BRITAIN DUE TO OTHER
CAUSES (a) Under-development (b) Severance of the Inhabitants from
the Soil
Section 3. CAUSES OF POVERTY IN INDIA
Section 4. POVERTY IN FACT CAUSES A HIGH BIRTHRATE (a)
Malthusianism is an attack on the Poor (b) A Hindrance to Reform (c)
A Quack Remedy for Poverty
Section 5. POVERTY AND CIVILISATION

CHAPTER III
HIGH BIRTH-RATES NOT THE CAUSE OF HIGH DEATH-RATES

Section 1. POVERTY AS NOW EXISTING
Section 2. HIGH BIRTH-RATE NOT THE CAUSE OF HIGH
DEATH-RATE: PROVED FROM STATISTICS (a) Canada (b)
Connaught
Section 3. A LOW BIRTH-RATE NO GUARANTEE OF A LOW
DEATH-RATE
Section 4. VITAL STATISTICS OF FRANCE
Section 5. COEFFICIENTS OF CORRELATION

CHAPTER IV
HOW RELIGION AFFECTS THE BIRTHRATE
Section 1. FRENCH STATISTICS MISINTERPRETED BY
MALTHUSIANS
Section 2. EVIDENCE FROM HOLLAND
Section 3. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Section 4. THE SAME RESULTS IN ENGLAND

CHAPTER V
IS THERE A NATURAL LAW REGULATING THE PROPORTION
OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS?
Section 1. THE THEORY OF THOMAS DOUBLEDAY REVIVED
Section 2. MR. PELL'S GENERALISATIONS CRITICISED

Section 3. THE LAW OF DECLINE
Section 4. ILLUSTRATED FROM GREEK HISTORY (a) Moral
Catastrophe in Ancient Greece (b) The Physical Catastrophe induced
by Selfishness

CHAPTER VI
THE FALLING BIRTH-RATE IN ENGLAND: ITS CAUSES
Section 1. NOT, AS MALTHUSIANS ASSERT, DUE MAINLY TO
CONTRACEPTIVES
Section 2. DECLINE IN FERTILITY DUE TO SOME NATURAL
LAW
Section 3. AND TO CHARACTER OF OCCUPATION.
Section 4. AGGRAVATED DOUBTLESS BY MALTHUSIANISM

CHAPTER VII
THE EVILS OF ARTIFICIAL BIRTH CONTROL
Section 1. NOT A PHYSICAL BENEFIT (a) A Cause of Sterility (b)
Neuroses (c) Fibroid Tumours
Section 2. A SCANDALOUS SUGGESTION
Section 3. A CAUSE OF UNHAPPINESS IN MARRIAGE
Section 4. AN INSULT TO TRUE WOMANHOOD
Section 5. A DEGRADATION OF THE FEMALE SEX

Section 6. SPECIALLY HURTFUL TO THE POOR (a) Affecting the
Young (b) Exposing the Poor to Experiment (c) Tending towards the
Servile State
Section 7. A MENACE TO THE NATION (a) There is a Limit to
lowering the Death-rate (b) Birth Control tends to extinguish the
Birth-rate (c) A Danger to the Empire (d) The Dangers of Small
Families
Section 8. THE PLOT AGAINST CHRISTENDOM

CHAPTER VIII
THE RELIGIOUS ARGUMENT AGAINST BIRTH CONTROL
Section 1. AN OFFENCE AGAINST THE LAW OF NATURE
Section 2. REFLECTED IN THE NORMAL CONSCIENCE
Section 3. EXPRESSED IN THE SCIENCE OF ETHICS
Section 4. BIRTH CONTROL CONDEMNED BY PROTESTANT
CHURCHES
APPENDIX TO

CHAPTER VIII
A NEO-MALTHUSIAN ATTACK ON THE CHURCH OF
ENGLAND

CHAPTER IX

THE TEACHING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON BIRTH
CONTROL
Section 1. A FALSE VIEW OF HER DOCTRINE
Section 2. THE ESSENCE AND PURPOSE OF