The Washington times., 1921-10-31
BIRTH CONTROL
CONFERENCE TO.
DEBATE ETHICS
Many Angles Of Topic to Be Dis
cusssd at National Meet
ing Nov. 11-13.
~ International New. service.

NEW YORK. Oct. 31.--The problem
States 90 that birth control clinics can
be opened I'm them will be one Of the
important measures considered at the
first American Birth Control Confer
ence TO be held at the Hotel Plaza.
New York City. November IL. IL and
Is.
The program as planned for the
conference will be an exhaustive one
and will consist OF a health session at
which will be considered Psychic Sup
pression-Its Results" individual
and Racial Health = Eugenics," q
social problems today session, con-
sidering Human Waste 'Delin.
quency," and "Labor's Attitude To
ward Birth CONTROL" a private session
Tor the medical profession. admission
by invitation only: an overpopulation
ana war session, considering the
World Food Problems" and Dis
armament and Defense" A special
session Will be devoted to considering
the legal aspects of birth control in
America and to organizing and secur-
Ing legislation so that clinics can be
held.
Morals Of Control.
One Of the important sessions OF the
Conference will be the mass meeting
to be held at the town hall Sunday.
November IL, where a discussion on
Birth Control; Is 1t Moral?" will be
held. 1t will be led by Margaret
Sanger and Harold Cox, former mem-
Der OF the British Parliament and
editor of the Edinboro Review. AT
this mass meeting the opponents OF
birth control will be given the oppor-
tunity of presenting their side of the
case and opinions have been secured
from prominent Americans on the
question. They will be read at the
meeting.
That we can hold such a meeting
out I'm the open shows how the birth
control movement has grown said
Mrs. Sanger. Started as an aid to
women 1t has become recognized as
one of the problems of the world
today and is engaging the attention Of
statesmen and economists of every
nation.
Intelligence Needed.
TT is safe to say that the race
would be better today and there would
lem OF birth control been intelligently
considered half a century ago. 1t is
fact long recognized by medical
science that where there are only q
few children in family their health is
better and they can be given better
attention by the mother than where
there are many. The high death rate
among infants Of less than year old
has been due, in the past, to the fact
that the mother has brought too
many children into the world and can
not give them the initial supply OF
health necessary to win out in the bat
tie Of life. She has lowered her own
vitality and in addition to being unable
to give the initial supply of health.
she cannot give the attention required.
1--WE think the world will be better
off having fewer children. to whom
proper attention can be given. In the
end the result is the same. To have
four or five children born in a family
and lave them all reach maturity,
with the mothers health unimpaired.
is better than to have a dozen children
and have only four or five of them
reach maturity. at the cost of the
mothers life. We think there should
only be as many children in the family
as can be properly taken care of in a
mental. moral and physical way. .WeH
want to build the health and minds OF
our citizens and make the world bet
ter place in which to live"