Excerpt from Birth Control: Its Medical and Ethical Aspects We have to face the fact that the practice of contraception has become widespread before there has been time to think out its implications, ethical or otherwise. These are the words of the recently published Report of the Special Committee appointed by the National Council of Public Morals in connection with the investigations of the National birth-rate Commission. For the last fifty years the birth-rate in this country has been steadily falling. Dr. Stevenson and Sir Arthur Newsholme have shown that the standardised birth-rate for England and Wales fell 6 per cent. During the period 1881 1893 - 13 per cent. In subsequent twelve years, and 13 per cent. From 1903-1911. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.