The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-18
Birth Restriction Insult
tOBOh GOddndNature

Is II possible that under any con-
ceivable circumstances the advice OF
this cult would be to artificially or
wilfully prevent offspring Can
suoh a thing be upheld TN good COM
science, upon any ground Of rch-
gion, morals or stat, pouty' 1t us
hope not If the thought h. to be
tolerated in civilized society. then 10
whom, and when and where is the
control TO he applied? Shall only
the rich and the woll.'o. do become
the avenues OF new life or shall
the replenishmcnt of the race bc ivft
10 the poor in spirit and lu fact
which, so far. has shown the greater
proficiency i'm pareuthood, either IN
quantity or duaii'y2 Pass the palm
to the poor, while they are cxem pill
Tying their inheritance OF the earth.
as prophcsied In another bcatitude.
Shall the cult go so far. In any In
stance, as TO cut off reproduc ion be
cause Of post natal poverty Shall
II he material or mental poverty. or
both? Maybe the destituion OF
morals-but this is uuthinkahlc. for
in most instances the luxury OF
home made children would be pre-
cluded TO the rich Practices Of
race suicide are Of sufficient frc-
quoncy already IN the palatial places
OF tho eaEh. The idea Of birth con-
troll IS Indeed strange cmauatIou
from the brain OF man. II has TO
The eye and heart the look and feel
ing OF a parasite that can find lodg
mcnt only upon q perverted mind.
II seems to us to be against the law
or God and man--and every thing.
II has, to our unsophIsticatcd view,
the sinister aspect OF evil WitChcry
and the witch herself
Is this proposition TO artifiCially--
I dare not profane the accumulated
knowledge Of all time by saying sci
ntifically--prevent life, less baneful
or lighter in its shade OF turpitude,
than the taking OF life unlawfully,
after It once exists? The contrast
immeasurably vindicates the latter
as the lesser crime. You may, from
the basest motives possible, destroy
my body. but my soul goes on in the
enjoyment OF its immortal career,
unharmed. But had you been one
OF my parents. and deliberately for
any reason, shut the door OF my pre-
natal Potentially against me. and
thereby denied me immortal con-
sciousness, with all of it's exalted
the race and its every God-given at
tribute - present and perennial. --
would have been organiC-irremcd cdi-
ably fundamental Can sanction he
found in any quarter for sub
ordinating. upon any pretcNt the
right of a soul To existence at every
opportunity? II so. then sanction
can be found for striking a death
blow at the very heart OF all exist
ence. You counter. more or less, to
the extent you exert the doctrine OF
artificial control the profoundcst
and irtenscst instinct OF the race-of
all organized nature-evcn Of self
preservation-that Of regeneration
What crime can begin to emulate
in actual turpitude of character and
consequence that OF wilfully fore
stalling life itself? II outvics all
conception OF commensurate pun
ishment, Let no beneficiary Of the
previous gift OF life dare assume re
sporsib bIlity for "a doctrine or a sys-
tenn the casuistry of which CondOnes
the possibility even OF purposely re-
tarding or obstructing The flow OF the