Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-09-13

of children born in family may be limited to suit desire of
the parents
ARGUMENTS GIVEN IN ITS FAVOR
Among the arguments given in favor of birth control may
the following 1t limits the number of children to the
financial ability of the parents who to for them The
children born the higher training that be given
Too frequent chdbearng too much the physical
strength the mother Too large family tends to overpop
uate the earth disease starvation The smaller
families create delinquency thus put undesirable
necessary burden society That has right to bring
into the world more children than he can support.
ANSWER TO THE ABOVE.
l. Instead of limiting children by artificial means to the
income of the father it better and right to that better
distribution of wealth fair scale of maintained The
b n o es s
of children in the family guarantee to high training
for family may limit its offspring to two and both may be fools
was fool.
g. If too frequent dbearng health of the
mother let the father from too frequent
intercourse This is possible this is right tho it may not be easy
Birth control in this case will not be necessary.
To that the earth will become overpopulated is simply
begging the question Nautilus thought this long time but
miscacuated Who tell what disasters may thin the
ranks of annd Consider the present situation in Santo Do
mngo where hundreds have been swept into eternity by what
called in law act of God The God who made the world
knows its capacity He gives life He takes it. II
nopzes the food stuff the rest of the world should break this
monopoly and not resort to birth control.
To suppose that the stock will be fine the number
of children few but supposion Suppose five children
destined to be born family Suppose that two of these
age The only be of the exceptionally bright is to
let all five be born for in the effort at birth control the bright
ed Suppose the mothers of George and Booker
Washington Dunbar and Douglas, Lincoln Dubois decided
to practice birth control and the conception and birth
of these great men,
Large families need not necessarily increase delinquency
better economic situation naugurated and special govern
appropriations could be made for those whose families
large In time Of such families would be great asset
in the defense Of the country.
After all sad if not bring into the world
children than he support let him regulate the frequency
of sexual intercourse and not resort to birth control
SOME FURTHER REASONS AGAINST BIRTH CONTROL
1t buns the moral sensiveness of those who engage
It invites illicit intercourse between and women
Durant Drake holds that pregnaon the greatest
force which keeps women chaste If # could he assured that M
disgrace would follow sexual intercourse the barriers many
would be thrown down. Whether agree with Drake
this not he cannot be lightly dismissed He has point
g. Birth control makes the judge and regulator of fe
and not God
sexual intercourse in marriage but he may dodge the natural
responsibilities which this right entails.
CAN CHRISTIANITY NDoRsE BIRTH CONTROL?
If Christianity is follow it's book, the Bible then
cannot ndorse birth control Those who would know what the
Bible this matter read Genesis 3S:810 This is
known Onansm Some ministers favor birth control Dr.
tain branch of the Episcopal Church. have recently Endorsed birth
control ee Literary Digest of August 9th and September 9Th
93O The Catholic Church. the ohter hand stands firmly
against it. The Catholic Church in this respect right
Proestants that birth control here the people using
it and might well scientifically inform every it.
that those who most need have it. We might
that have murder booggng and theft with U.S. and
might well sanction these because stop them
Christiany work to hold before what they ought
do and not fix the standard to suit what they doing
Where situation which the birth of child
death of the mother special is created Such
does fall properly speaking within the sphere of birth
troll in the general Many people practice things them
selves which they do not wish Christianity and the Church
ndorse The Church loses rather than gain when
brings her standard down to the majority simply because of the
majority