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...socio-economic effects of haphazard childbearing, but have also been deeply concerned with the spiritual devastation wrought by fear of bearing children unable to be provided for." ¶ Dr. Alan Guttmacher, director of obstetrics and gynecology at Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital and a leader in the Planned Parenthood Association: "Contraception promotes health rather than illness. A good contraceptive device-the right one found for a particular patient-causes the complete blooming of the emotions during sexual intercourse because of the sense of freedom. Sex is all above the neck anyway-it's not below the waist...
...help avert increasing starvation and misery." In Detroit, the Rev. Dr. R. Norris Wilson, overseas relief director of the National Council of Churches (Protestant), said that if the U.S. refused a request for birth-control assistance overseas, "I would feel that my country had been disgraced." Said the Planned Parenthood Federation: "The President's position flouts the authoritative findings of experts in public health . . .: experts in economic development . . .: and experts in scientific research...
...Federal government thus has a definite interest in birth control, despite the President's statement, "That's none of our business." The Planned Parenthood Federation points out that the government itself has provided money to seven Southern states for programs of birth control. In the interests of world stability, the government should extend this assistance to other nations...
Senator Stuart Symington (Episcopalian) said: "I approve the Government's furnishing of planned parenthood information abroad where it believes the action is to the interest of our country...
True marriage and parenthood, said the committee, are areas in which the Christian is permitted freedom of twofold kind: "This means freedom from sensuality and selfishness which enslave. It also means considerable latitude of choice, when the motives are right, in regard to mutually acceptable and noninjurious means to avert or defer conception." The only controlling factor: individual conscience. God has put it up to husband and wife to decide for themselves, said the committee, "whether any one act of intercourse shall be for the enrichment or expression of their personal relationship only, or for the begetting of a child...