No man, no matter how good his reputation may be, should marry (on his own account as well as that of the girl) without thorough examination by a physician. Surely that wise provision of our existing legal code which makes the printing or dissemination of information regarding the physical facts of “birth control” illegal and punishable as an offense, can only be approved by those who respect the Omnipotent will, and the time-hallowed traditions which date back to the very inception of the race. If the evil of voluntary control of human birth were restricted to a privileged class, say one of wealth, the harm done would, perhaps, not be so great. The greatest longevity and best health are to be found among happily married fathers and mothers. We may take it, then, that “birth control” represents a deliberate and reprehensible attempt to nullify those innate laws of reproduction sanctioned by religion, tradition and man’s own ingrained instinct. As a general thing, the practice of thus unnaturally limiting families—”unnaturally” since the custom of “birth control” derives from
