Copyright by
MARGARET H. SANGER
1917
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY | [4] | |
| Introductions to Birth Control by Margaret H. Sanger, | ||
| Havelock Ellis, August Forel and G. F. Lydston. | ||
| CHAPTER II. THE ORIGIN AND PRACTICE OF BIRTH CONTROL IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES | [23] | |
| Genesis of Movement, | ||
| England, | ||
| Holland, | ||
| France, | ||
| United States, | ||
| Other Countries. | ||
| CHAPTER III. POPULATION AND BIRTH RATE | [43] | |
| Birth Control, by Havelock Ellis, | ||
| Population Facts in United States, | ||
| Birth Rate of British Empire, | ||
| Birth Rate of Other Countries (With Tables). | ||
| CHAPTER IV. INFANT MORTALITY | [93] | |
| General Statistics, | ||
| Results of Children’s Bureau Survey at Johnstown, Pa., by Emma Duke, | ||
| Manchester Report. | ||
| CHAPTER V. MATERNAL MORTALITY AND DISEASES AFFECTED BY PREGNANCY | [155] | |
| Children’s Bureau Report, by Grace L. Meigs, | ||
| Death Rates from Child Birth in Foreign Countries, | ||
| A Municipal Birth Control Clinic, | ||
| Tuberculosis, | ||
| Kidney Diseases, | ||
| Eclampsia, | ||
| Diabetes, | ||
| Pelvic Deformities, | ||
| Heart Disease, | ||
| Too Frequent Pregnancies, | ||
| Pernicious Vomiting. | ||
| CHAPTER VI. HARMFUL METHODS PRACTICED TO AVOID LARGE FAMILIES | [185] | |
| Coitus Interruptus, | ||
| Continence, | ||
| The Objects of Marriage, by Havelock Ellis, | ||
| Abortion. | ||
| CHAPTER VII. PROSTITUTION, FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS AND VENEREAL DISEASES | [197] | |
| The Social Evil, | ||
| Feeble-mindedness, | ||
| Syphilis, | ||
| Gonorrhea. | ||
| CHAPTER VIII. OTHER TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES AND PAUPERISM | [223] | |
| Insanity, | ||
| Epilepsy, | ||
| Alcoholism, | ||
| Pauperism, | ||
| Child Labor. | ||
| CHAPTER IX. CONCLUSION: EMINENT OPINIONS | [245] | |
| The Progress of Holland, | ||
| Eminent Opinions | ||
| GLOSSARY | [250] | |
FOREWORD
The purpose of the Appellant in presenting the various statistics and medical and social facts incorporated in the supplementary brief, entitled THE CASE FOR BIRTH CONTROL, is to give the Court a clear conception of the meaning of birth control. The historical stages through which this question has gone have been reviewed, its status in foreign countries outlined. Finally, the effects upon the commonwealth of the prohibition contained in the Section known as 1142 of the Penal Law have been made clear. Said Section comprises in its prohibition the very points of knowledge most necessary to human liberty, and has resulted in extreme harm to the individual, to the family and to society at large.
The idea of the social and racial value of knowledge to prevent conception is new in the United States, and therefore it has been difficult to get first-hand facts and comprehensive statistics with a local bearing. Consequently, the Appellant has been obliged to lay emphasis upon data from foreign countries where the subject has been exhaustively studied, both theoretically and practically. However, the American case for birth control, as presented in this compilation, is the most complete possible in view of the records available.
MARGARET H. SANGER