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Halliday Sutherland. Birth Control: A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians
Birth Control: A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians
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CHAPTER I. THE ESSENTIAL FALLACIES OF MALTHUSIAN TEACHING. Section 1. MALTHUS AND THE NEO-MALTHUSIANS. (a) Malthus (b) The Neo-Malthusians. Section 2. TEACHING BASED ON FALSE PREMISES. (a) That Population progresses geometrically (b) That Food Supply progresses arithmetically (c) That Overpopulation is the cause of Poverty and Disease. Section 3. THE ROOT FALLACY. Section 4. WHAT OVERPOPULATION MEANS. Section 5. NO EVIDENCE OF OVERPOPULATION (a) In the Suez Canal Zone (b) In "Closed Countries" like Japan. Section 6. A NATURAL LAW CHECKING FERTILITY. Section 7. OVERPOPULATION IN THE FUTURE. Section 8. HOW NATIONS HAVE PERISHED. Section 9. PHYSICAL CATASTROPHES (a) Disease (b) War. Section 10. MORAL CATASTROPHES. CHAPTER II. THE FALSE DEDUCTIONS CONCERNING POVERTY. Section 1. BIRTH-RATE AND POVERTY (a) Famines (b) Abundance (c) Wages. Section 2. POVERTY IN GREAT BRITAIN DUE TO OTHER CAUSES (a) Under-development (b) Severance of the Inhabitants from the Soil. Section 3. CAUSES OF POVERTY IN INDIA. Section 4. POVERTY IN FACT CAUSES A HIGH BIRTHRATE (a) Malthusianism is an attack on the Poor (b) A Hindrance to Reform (c) A Quack Remedy for Poverty. Section 5. POVERTY AND CIVILISATION. CHAPTER III. HIGH BIRTH-RATES NOT THE CAUSE OF HIGH DEATH-RATES. Section 1. POVERTY AS NOW EXISTING. Section 2. HIGH BIRTH-RATE NOT THE CAUSE OF HIGH DEATH-RATE: PROVED FROM STATISTICS (a) Canada (b) Connaught. Section 3. A LOW BIRTH-RATE NO GUARANTEE OF A LOW DEATH-RATE. Section 4. VITAL STATISTICS OF FRANCE. Section 5. COEFFICIENTS OF CORRELATION. CHAPTER IV. HOW RELIGION AFFECTS THE BIRTHRATE. Section 1. FRENCH STATISTICS MISINTERPRETED BY MALTHUSIANS. Section 2. EVIDENCE FROM HOLLAND. Section 3. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Section 4. THE SAME RESULTS IN ENGLAND. CHAPTER V. IS THERE A NATURAL LAW REGULATING THE PROPORTION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS? Section 1. THE THEORY OF THOMAS DOUBLEDAY REVIVED. Section 2. MR. PELL'S GENERALISATIONS CRITICISED. Section 3. THE LAW OF DECLINE. Section 4. ILLUSTRATED FROM GREEK HISTORY (a) Moral Catastrophe in Ancient Greece (b) The Physical Catastrophe induced by Selfishness. CHAPTER VI. THE FALLING BIRTH-RATE IN ENGLAND: ITS CAUSES. Section 1. NOT, AS MALTHUSIANS ASSERT, DUE MAINLY TO CONTRACEPTIVES. Section 2. DECLINE IN FERTILITY DUE TO SOME NATURAL LAW. Section 3. AND TO CHARACTER OF OCCUPATION. Section 4. AGGRAVATED DOUBTLESS BY MALTHUSIANISM. CHAPTER VII. THE EVILS OF ARTIFICIAL BIRTH CONTROL. Section 1. NOT A PHYSICAL BENEFIT (a) A Cause of Sterility (b) Neuroses (c) Fibroid Tumours. Section 2. A SCANDALOUS SUGGESTION. Section 3. A CAUSE OF UNHAPPINESS IN MARRIAGE. Section 4. AN INSULT TO TRUE WOMANHOOD. Section 5. A DEGRADATION OF THE FEMALE SEX. Section 6. SPECIALLY HURTFUL TO THE POOR (a) Affecting the Young (b) Exposing the Poor to Experiment (c) Tending towards the Servile State. Section 7. A MENACE TO THE NATION (a) There is a Limit to lowering the Death-rate (b) Birth Control tends to extinguish the Birth-rate (c) A Danger to the Empire (d) The Dangers of Small Families. Section 8. THE PLOT AGAINST CHRISTENDOM. CHAPTER VIII. THE RELIGIOUS ARGUMENT AGAINST BIRTH CONTROL. Section 1. AN OFFENCE AGAINST THE LAW OF NATURE. Section 2. REFLECTED IN THE NORMAL CONSCIENCE. Section 3. EXPRESSED IN THE SCIENCE OF ETHICS. Section 4. BIRTH CONTROL CONDEMNED BY PROTESTANT CHURCHES. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIII. A NEO-MALTHUSIAN ATTACK ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. CHAPTER IX. THE TEACHING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON BIRTH CONTROL. Section 1. A FALSE VIEW OF HER DOCTRINE. Section 2. THE ESSENCE AND PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE. Section 3. ARTIFICIAL STERILITY WHOLLY CONDEMNED. Section 4. THE ONLY LAWFUL METHOD OF BIRTH CONTROL. Section 5. CONCLUSION. BIBLIOGRAPHY. BIRTH CONTROL
CHAPTER I
THE ESSENTIAL FALLACIES OF MALTHUSIAN TEACHING. Section 1. MALTHUS AND THE NEO-MALTHUSIANS
Section 2. TEACHING BASED ON FALSE PREMISES
Section 3. THE ROOT FALLACY
Section 4. WHAT OVERPOPULATION MEANS
Section 5. NO EVIDENCE OF OVERPOPULATION
Section 6. A NATURAL LAW CHECKING FERTILITY
Section 7. OVERPOPULATION IN THE FUTURE
Section 8. HOW NATIONS HAVE PERISHED
Section 9. PHYSICAL CATASTROPHES
Section 10. MORAL CATASTROPHES
CHAPTER II
THE FALSE DEDUCTIONS CONCERNING POVERTY
Section 1. BIRTH-RATE AND POVERTY
Section 2. POVERTY IN GREAT BRITAIN DUE TO OTHER CAUSES
Section 3. CAUSES OF POVERTY IN INDIA
Section 4. POVERTY IN FACT CAUSES A HIGH BIRTH-RATE
Section 5. POVERTY AND CIVILISATION
CHAPTER III
HIGH BIRTH-RATES NOT THE CAUSE OF HIGH DEATH-RATES. Section 1. POVERTY AS NOW EXISTING
Section 2. HIGH BIRTH-RATE NOT THE CAUSE OF HIGH DEATH-RATE: PROVED FROM STATISTICS
Section 3. A LOW BIRTH-RATE NO GUARANTEE OF A LOW DEATH-RATE
Section 4. VITAL STATISTICS OF FRANCE
TABLE I
THE TEN DEPARTMENTS HAVING THE LOWEST BIRTH-RATE IN FRANCE
Section 5. COEFFICIENTS OF CORRELATION
TABLE II
CHAPTER IV
HOW RELIGION AFFECTS THE BIRTHRATE. Section 1. FRENCH STATISTICS MISINTERPRETED BY MALTHUSIANS
TABLE III
Section 2. EVIDENCE FROM HOLLAND
Section 3. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TABLE IV
TABLE V
Section 4. THE SAME RESULTS IN ENGLAND
TABLE VI
CHAPTER V
IS THERE A NATURAL LAW REGULATING THE PROPORTION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS? Section 1. THE THEORY OF THOMAS DOUBLEDAY REVIVED
Section 2. MR. PELL'S GENERALISATIONS CRITICISED
Section 3. THE LAW OF DECLINE
Section 4. ILLUSTRATED FROM GREEK HISTORY [Reference: Dangers]
CHAPTER VI
THE FALLING BIRTH-RATE IN ENGLAND: ITS CAUSES
Section 1. NOT, AS MALTHUSIANS ASSERT, DUE MAINLY TO CONTRACEPTIVES
Section 2. DECLINE IN FERTILITY DUE TO SOME NATURAL LAW
Section 3. AND TO CHARACTER OF OCCUPATION
Section 4. AGGRAVATED DOUBTLESS BY MALTHUSIANISM
CHAPTER VII
THE EVILS OF ARTIFICIAL BIRTH CONTROL. Section 1. NOT A PHYSICAL BENEFIT
Section 2. A SCANDALOUS SUGGESTION
"BIRTH CONTROL
"BIRTH CONTROL
"CONSTRUCTIVE BIRTH CONTROL
Section 3. A CAUSE OF UNHAPPINESS IN MARRIAGE
Section 4. AN INSULT TO TRUE WOMANHOOD
Section 5. A DEGRADATION OF THE FEMALE SEX
Section 6. SPECIALLY HURTFUL TO THE POOR
Section 7. A MENACE TO THE NATION
Section 8. THE PLOT AGAINST CHRISTENDOM
CHAPTER VIII
THE RELIGIOUS ARGUMENT AGAINST BIRTH CONTROL. Section 1. AN OFFENCE AGAINST THE LAW OF NATURE
Section 2. REFLECTED IN THE NORMAL CONSCIENCE
Section 3. EXPRESSED IN THE SCIENCE OF ETHICS
Section 4. BIRTH CONTROL CONDEMNED BY PROTESTANT CHURCHES
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIII
A NEO-MALTHUSIAN ATTACK ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
CHAPTER IX
THE TEACHING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON BIRTH CONTROL. Section 1. A FALSE VIEW OF HER DOCTRINE
Section 2. THE ESSENCE AND PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE
Section 3. ARTIFICIAL STERILITY WHOLLY CONDEMNED
Section 4. THE ONLY LAWFUL METHOD OF BIRTH CONTROL
Section 5. CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A.—GENERAL PUBLICATIONS
B.—CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
C.—CATHOLIC SOCIAL GUILD PUBLICATIONS
D.—FRENCH PUBLICATIONS
