Birth Control: A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians

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Author

Sutherland, Halliday, 1882-1960

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Language

English

LoC Class

HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender

Subject

Malthusianism

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Text

eBook-No.

8773

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8773

Release Date

August 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BIRTH CONTROL — CONTENTS — CHAPTER II — CHAPTER III — CHAPTER IV — CHAPTER V — CHAPTER VI — CHAPTER VII — CHAPTER VIII — CHAPTER IX
2. 2.CHAPTER I — THE ESSENTIAL FALLACIES OF MALTHUSIAN TEACHING — 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
3. 3.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
4. 4.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 — THE TEN DEPARTMENTS HAVING THE LOWEST BIRTH-RATE IN FRANCE — Section 5. COEFFICIENTS OF CORRELATION
5. 5.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
6. 6.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]
7. 7.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
8. 8.CHAPTER VII — THE EVILS OF ARTIFICIAL BIRTH CONTROL — Section 1. NOT A PHYSICAL BENEFIT — 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 — Section 7. A MENACE TO THE NATION — Section 8. THE PLOT AGAINST CHRISTENDOM
9. 9.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
10. 10.APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIII — A NEO-MALTHUSIAN ATTACK ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
11. 11.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
12. 12.BIBLIOGRAPHY — A.—GENERAL PUBLICATIONS — B.—CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS — C.—CATHOLIC SOCIAL GUILD PUBLICATIONS — D.—FRENCH PUBLICATIONS

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