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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 17, No. 15. July 29, 1953

The Medical Theory

The Medical Theory

Those were the moral aspects of birth control, told Dr. Weaver, and ho stated clearly that that was the only point of view on which he was qualified to speak definitely. But he pointed out be broken, with imppunity. On the that If a thing is morally wrong, then it follows that It is totally wrong. As far as the Asian and Japanese problems were concerned the views of an expert economist had to be sought.

The speaker did, however, adduce as further arguments the opinions of qualified English gynaecologists, the majority of whom oppose birth control on medical grounds. Halliday Sutherland and Lord Dawson speak of the danger of sterility. Dr. R. A. Gibbons agrees with this pointing out that physiological laws cannot be broken with impunity. On the subject of mental health Dr. Louise Mcliroy. Professor of Gynaecology at the London School of Medicine, says. "Neuroses are largely the result of contraceptives."