FAMILY PLANNING
Stn,—The Royal Commission on Population, in its recently published report, accepts the principle of voluntary parenthood as not only inevitable but desirable, since any return to the unrestricted increase in numbers of the early nineteenth century would have social and economic consequences even more disastrous than a declining birth-rate ? As the practice of some form of birth-control is now accepted by the majority, it is especially important that scientific advice on contraception should be made available to all married women, since otherwise recourse will be had to harmful and dangerous methods of limiting births. For these reasons the Family *Planning Association warmly endorses the Royal Commission's recom- mendations that family-planning advice should be given through the National Health Service.
Even if the Government adopt the Royal Commission's recommenda- tions it is probable that some time will pass before administrative action can be taken to implement them in detail. Demand for family planning advice comes to the F.P.A. from many districts where no clinic is within easy reach but the establishment of sufficient ,new clinics to help these women is impossible with our present limited financial resources. appeal to your readers to support the work of the F.P.A., which, through its 70 branch clinics all over the country, is making a direct and unique consribution to family welfare, so that the Association can continue to carry out the recommendations of the Royal Commission until such time as the State shall take over this duty.—Yours, &c., •
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