BIRTH-CONTROL.
PROPOSED LAW IN MEXICO. BETTERMENT OF THE RACE. (United Press Association— Copyright) NEW YORK, October 29. A message from Vera Cruz, Mexico, states that Dr. Salvador Mendoza,, one of the drafters of the new civil code, announced that the State authorities had decided to draw up a law to establish a system of birth control in Vera Cruz. An attorney said the law would require parents wishing to have children to appear before .a board. Inquiry would then be made as to the size of their family, their ability to provide and educate their children and the condition and health of the parents. The measure would prohibit childien to extremely poor, incompetent or defective people. Dr. Mendoza explained that he was preparing the birth control law in the code with the idea of benefiting the proletariat and bettering the race. The State Government planned to appoint a committee of obstetricians to discuss with Miss Margaret Sanger, the birthcontrol advocate, the best manner in which the code could he applied.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 17, 31 October 1932, Page 5
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