The problem of the mentally deficient is of another order. In this
case another kind of control is urgently needed, but it is one which
can only be undertaken by the State, and not by the individual. It is
to put in force such a method of compulsory segregation as would
ensure the comfort and contentment of the mentally deficient, and
safeguard them and the nation from the reproduction of their kind.
The problem also of the insane and criminal classes in relation to
heredity is one which demands careful consideration by those competent
to give it.
SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS
1. There are certain women who for medical reasons should be prevented
from bearing children.
2. There are couples with undesirable inheritance who rightly decline
to bear children.
3. There are many women of the poorer classes in whom child-bearing is
sometimes the last straw in circumstances all of which tend to destroy
health and vitality.
4. Public teaching on contraceptives, like medical advice advertised
in newspapers, is generally applied to cases for which it is
unsuitable and applied in the wrong way.
It is therefore detrimental to public health as well as being
detrimental to public morality.
5. A public opinion in favour of small spaced families does not serve
the best interests of the children or of their mother.
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