The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-23
Birth Control Idea
 Stirs Up Reaction
Physicians Guild and Catholic Preachers Bitterly Score
 Action of Federal Council of Churches

The action of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America on the matter of birth control was the | subject of much unfavorable com ment all over the country yesterday. The New York Tribune of today carries a long article on the sub ject. The following paragraphs shows how the new. departure is re- garded by physicians and preachers in the Catholic church:
 A resolution condemning the prac- tice of contraceptive birth control as contrary to the dictates of sound medicine and sound morality" was adopted yesterday morning by fifty meeting of the newly organized Catholic Physicians Guild of the Bronx. The executive Council of the Catholic Physicians Guild of Brook lyn agreed on Saturday night to con- cur in the resolution. The Bronx organization also adopted 9 resolu- ton favOring the creation of a na- tional chain of similar guilds.
 The resolution on birth control directly criticized the statement is- sued on Friday by committee of the Federal Council of Churches of Churches of Christ in America, in which "guarded approval" was giv- en to the use of contracepetives. Pagan Doctrine Assailed.
 The action of the Protestant body controle practices was condemned as pagan doctrine yesterday from the pulpits of several Roman Catholic churches of the city, including St Patrick's Cathedral It was com mended by one Methodist minister, who hailed it as "a sound of a trumpet marching ahead to better times.''
 Addressing the Catholic physicians who gathered at Fordham Univer- sity after attending mass together, the Rev Ignatius W. Cox, professor of ethics at Fordham and moderator of the new physicians guild, said he hoped that within two or three years there would be a sufficient number of such guilds in the coun- try to make possible a national con- vention that would be effective in cipa1s of which were not condemned by the action of the committee on marriage and the home of the Fed eral Council of Churches of Christ in America"
 | That committee, by its statement of last Friday, Father Cox told the Catholic doctors, had sharply separ- ated itself from the teaching of Christ"
 You Catholic doctors" he said. Fare fully aware that contraceptives are bad medicine as well as bad morality. It is for you to apply in medical practice the moral principles of Christ, the great physician. Thus you will be promoting health of body, health of mind, health of soul, health, happiness and holiness"
 Dr Edwin c. Podvin, of 2564 Mar ion avenue, president of the new guild, presided at the meeting. Text of Resolution. The adopted resolution was in these words:
 | Resolved that the committee
 on marriage and the home of the
 Federal Council of Churches of
 Christ in America in not condem-
 ming contraceptive birth control
 has offended against sound medi-
 cine and sound morality"
 In addition to Dr Podvin, the of- ficers of the guild are Dr Clarence O'Connor, of 2558 Marion avenue vice-president; Dr A. J. Dolan, 2326 University avenue, treasurer. and M A. Liotta. 216 Bedford Park Boule- ward, secretary.
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