I Wanted Each Woman To

As An Advocate Of Birth Control I Wish ... To Point Out That The Unbalance Between The Birth Rate Of The 'unfit' And The 'fit,' Admittedly The Greatest Present Menace To Civilization, Can Never Be Rectified By The Inauguration Of A Cradle Competition Between These Two Classes. In This Matter, The Example Of The Inferior Classes, The Fertility Of The Feeble-minded, The Mentally Defective, The Poverty-stricken Classes, Should Not Be Held Up For Emulation.... On The Contrary, The Most Urgent Problem Today Is How To Limit And Discourage The Over-fertility Of The Mentally And Physically Defective.

When Motherhood Becomes The Fruit Of A Deep Yearning, Not The Result Of Ignorance Or Accident, Its Children Will Become The Foundation Of A New Race.

Knowledge Of Birth Control Is Essentially Moral. Its General, Though Prudent, Practice Must Lead To A Higher Individuality And Ultimately To A Cleaner Race.

Birth Control Is The Means By Which Woman Attains Basic Freedom.

Eugenics Is ... The Most Adequate And Thorough Avenue To The Solution Of Racial, Political And Social Problems.