VITAL QUESTION.
Women Approve of Sterilisation n -Of Unfit. ; ALMOST UNANIMOUS DECISION. : (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 12. The 120Q delegates to the annual conference of the Women's Co-operative Guild almost unanimously agreed to demand legislation to ensure the compukory sterilisation of the unfit. Mrs. Enever, of Leytonstone, said: "We must not be squeamish about the matter. Sterilisation is already much practised among the upper classes. Doctors are prepared to take the consequences. The nation's welfare must come before religious objections."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 138, 13 June 1931, Page 9
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81VITAL QUESTION. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 138, 13 June 1931, Page 9
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