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fully will perceive that he is evidently speaking of coitus interruptus (see p. 69) though he does not say so. It is clear that the points he scores against coitus interruptus have no validity against, for instance, the occlusive cap (see p. 138).

"Once pregnancy is abolished there is no natural check on the sexual passions or husband or wife." This low-minded statement is made by Halliday Sutherland, M.D., who proceeds to glorify Ireland and Spain as models for us to copy! Such a statement as this is based on a confusion between lust and true love, and can only be made by one who is ignorant of the latter, and who ignores not only physiological laws but also forgets the instincts of human refinement and restraint which characterize love as distinct from lust.

A similar idea was expressed by Professor McIlroy to the Medico-Legal Society when she said, "Intercourse, when premeditated, and where precautionary measures are taken, is no longer a spontaneous act; it is a mere physical union." This is untrue of all high-minded lovers, whether or not they use a contraceptive. It does not apply at all to the use of a contraceptive for racial purposes, and one, moreover, so simply managed as the occlusive cap which can be