BIRTH CONTROL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 53, 25 November 1937, Page 5

BIRTH CONTROL

Hawkes Bay-Manawatu Synod Resolution COURSES OF ACTON (By Telegrapb— Press Association.) PALMEESTON N., This Day. The Hawke's Bay-Manawatu Synod of the Methodist Church, following receipt of a special report coricerning divorce, remarriage and birth control, adopted the following resolution : That a minister may remarry a divorced person or persons if he js satisfied, after consultation with both parties to the proposed marriage, that in entering into same they have an attitude of mind which is in conformity with the Church' g view of what marriage should mean and stand for. Concerning birth control. Synod adopted the eonference's special committee 's resolutions, stating that, "whereas we believe marriage was ordained of God for procreation and nurture of children, and that parenthood within the married state is one of the greatest human privileges, we regard as morally wrong any limitation of families that is prompted by Belfishness or by callous refusal to accept the responsibilities of parenthood. We are well aware of the many factors, social anci econoinie, even physical, that are involved in the problem presented by limitation, but are of the opinion that an iinmoral cause is the chief xoot of the practice, which threatens the nation and the race with suiexdal depletion. We therefore express unhesilatingly approval of the investigation imdertaken by the Government commission as far as it has been carried. and ux-go the appointment of a Eoyai Coxn.mission to consider all matters arising from the former commission 'a report. "Without prepuming to dictate par* ticulars of courses of action we ask consideration of (1) legal pTOvision that any tjustifiable termination of pregnancy be under adequate control; (2) strengthening the operation of the law against criminal abortion; (3) prevention of oasy access to contraceptives or abortifacients, morbid literature or other incitements to sexua] vice; (4) suppression of advertisements calculated to iutensify the present evil; (5) ereation of means to lessen tho medical expenses of confinenient; (6) to provide in needy cases for the care of young children during confinement of mothers to lessen risks' now attendant on childbirth."