BIRTH CONTROL LAW
Vera Cruz Proposal
(Rec. October 30, 6.30 p.m.)
New York, Oct. 29.
A message from Vera Cruz, Mexico, states that Dr. Salvador Mendoza, one of the drafters of the new civil code, announced to-day that the State authorities had decided to draw up a law to establish a system of birth control in Vera Cruz. It is stated that the law will require parents wishing to have children to appear before a board. Inquiry would be made as to the size of the family, ability to provide for and educate them, and the condition of the health of the parents. The measure would prohibit children to extremely poor, incompetent, or defective- people. Dr. Mendoza explained that he was preparing the birth control law of 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 Margaret Sanger, the birth control advocate, how best the code would be applied.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 31, 31 October 1932, Page 9
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