SOCIAL PROBLEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23101, 28 July 1938, Page 4

SOCIAL PROBLEMS

HKCEXT IXVKSTKiATION METHODS OF SOLUTION WOMEN'S MORAL OUTLOOK [BY TKI.KI. H A I'H- —OWN COII RKM'ON lIKNT] WKI, MX (! TO X, Wednesday Roloreuee t.i the wont investigations ol abort urn Mini tho m;il(»rni t> scrv iocs in New Zealand was made b\ tli,. M i nist or ol Hoalili. iho Hon. P. Krasor. whon addressing the annual nicotine ol t Ik* l")omiiiioii Koderat ion ol Women's Institutes in tlio Town Hall In-day. "Wo are t'nood with gravely importanl, and in some respects tragic, problems." lie said, speaking ol two reports that had hoon presented to Parliament on the question mentioned. "One ol those reports disclosed the tragic iiioidenft! of abortion," said Mr. I l 'raser. "Some ol those problems can bo dealt with by laws and amended legislation restricting certain activities, but however effective or inoflootivo the Steps we take may be the question is in the last instance a moral and spiritual one. "The measure iu which we can get rid of t hose tragic e\ its w ill depend upon the extent to which the spiritual and moral outlook ol Iho women ol the community can be uplifted. I hat ione of tho groat woiks ronl routing the countrv.