She was told by her doctor that it was quite impossible for her, and
this fully satisfied the future husband.
The next point was if this method were impossible what should be used.
They were a splendid young couple, with ample means to support a
family, and the doctor naturally asked--"But for what purpose do you
need any methods to prevent children at all?" They hesitated and
looked at each other, and then said--"I don't know, but we thought it
was the thing to do."
They left with the whole nightmare put aside, determined not to spoil
the perfect consummation of their happiness.
Many similar cases might be quoted where young people, without any
considered motive, are acting in accordance with the vogue of the
moment.
2. The use of contraceptives does not encourage self-control, yet the
cultivation of self-control is a far higher gain to the individual and
the nation than any apparent advantages obtained by its abandonment.
By no means unimportant is the influence that wide diffusion of the
knowledge of how to prevent conception would have in causing more
irregular unions and greater promiscuity in sex relations. The effect
of this would not only loosen, rather than strengthen, the marriage
tie, but would inevitably lead to an extension of venereal disease.
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