SOCIAL HYGIENE BILL
To the Isditor “N.Z. Times. ’’ Sir, —Your correspondent "Looking Ahead'’ mentions one case wliioh may cause difficulty, that of the innocent person who contracts disease, but is unable to explain how. There are many others, e.g., the innocent person who is suspected and subjected to offensive official inquiries; the irregular person not unreasonably suspected, but when challenged no proof is forthcoming ; the immoral person feigning innocence. whose practices cannot be traced ; the immoral person who makes false charges which are difficult to disprove. "With drastic legislation the innocent will always be injured when involved in charges or inquiries. The guilty will often escape. Blackmailing, scandal and evasion will increase. Imagine the painful difficulties in which young persons of either sex may bo involved. These are difficulties which have been experienced in other countries when legislation of too violent and drastic a nature has been tried. It inflicts great injury personally and morally, and does little good. Great wrong will be done if this bill is allowed to pass.—l am, etc., SENEX. October 18th, 1917.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9796, 20 October 1917, Page 2
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177SOCIAL HYGIENE BILL New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9796, 20 October 1917, Page 2
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