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Birth Control A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians By: Halliday G. Sutherland (1882-1960) |
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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... Continue reading book >>
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