Conception Control and Its Effects on the Individual and the Nation

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Conception Control and Its Effects on the Individual and the Nation, by Florence E. Barrett, et al

Consulting Obstetric And Gynæcological Surgeon To The Royal Free Hospital. President Of The Federation Of Medical Women.
With A Foreword By His Grace The Archbishop Of Canterbury.
1922

This small book has been written in response to many requests for some statement regarding the individual and national effects of the widespread practice of conception control.
It is not intended to give medical advice on the subject for, in my judgment, that is best given to the individual by his or her medical adviser, and will vary in different circumstances.
The question as to whether control of conception shall or shall not be practised is a decision ethical and not medical in character when husband and wife are healthy, and in the last resort will be decided by the individual pair for themselves; but they will be wise to discuss the question with their medical attendant in order to realise all that is involved in their decision.
Space forbids anything like a full discussion of the national issues, but that aspect of the subject demands quite as careful study as personal needs or desires.
F.E.B.
31, DEVONSHIRE PLACE, W.1.