Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-24
be observed and that an Injunction
shoulo Issue to enjoin the entorcsmsnt
OF q vOiu statute.
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Boaros Action Of No Force.
The sole purpose Of the operation 10
to destroy the power Of procrsation.
The operation as Originally performed
was that Of oAstration.
There is difference between the
operation ok castretion and vasectomy: /:
castration being physically more severe
than the other. = But vasectony In It's
results IL much OF the cuarser and more
vulgan But the purpose and result of
the two operations are one and the
same.
When Blackstone wrote his Com
menaries he did not mention castra-
ton as one of the cruel punishnlcnts.
quite likely for the reason that with
the advances of civilization the opera
ton was looked on as too cruel and was
no longer performed. But each opera
tion il 60 destroy the power of procrea-
ton. It is Of course. to follow tho man
during the balance Of his life. The
physical suffering may not be so great:
but that is not the only test of cruel
punishment; the humiliation, the deg
radiation. the mental suffering are al
ways present and known by all the
public and will follow him whereso-
ever he may 20. This belongs to the
dark ages.
Belongs 10 Dark Ages.
& "As. Of course, all persons concede
that 1t would be better for society II
some men did not beget children; dis
sased. deformed, mentally weak chill
dren and criminAlly inclined are
brought into the world, oftentimes to
their own shame and against the inter-
est Of the public. But are they not In
tho minimum? And must the marriage
relation be formed ander these newly
conceived laws BASED upon the brutal
tiles Of many centuries since and be
allowed to take the ,,lacs nt the marri-
age relation formed along the true
lines? Must tho marriage relation be
based and enforced by statute accord
ing to the teachings of the farmer in
selecting his male animals to be mated
With certain female an;In:tss ccly?
violatss Constitution.
While It IL true that there are diff
ferences between the two operations Of
castration and vasectomy. ana s:liile II
II true that the effect upon the man
would be different Ia several respects.
yet the fact remains that the purpose
and the same shame ana humiliatio
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