Abstract
THE two works which are the subjects of this review both arrive at the conclusion that birth-control is a necessity, but whereas Prof. Karl Pearson desires it in the interests of the future generation, Dr. Marie Stopes demands it in order to relieve the over-harassed mother.
(1) University of London: Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics.
Eugenics Lecture Series, 14: The Right of the Unborn Child; being a Lecture delivered on November 13, 1926, to Teachers from the London Country Council Schools. By Karl Pearson. Pp. 26 + 3 plates. (London: Cambridge University Press, 1927.) 3s. net.
(2) Contraception (Birth Control), its Theory, History, and Practice: a Manual for the Medical and Legal Professions.
By Dr. Marie Carmichael Stopes. New and enlarged edition. Pp. xxvi + 480 + 5 plates. (London: John Bale, Sons and Danielsson, Ltd., 1927.) 15s. net.
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MACBRIDE, E. Biology and Birth-Control. Nature 120, 646–648 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120646a0
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