Birth Control in America In many respects the forces of
conservatism in America are far more powerful than in England. They have up to now effectually barred the way to legislation which would enable hospitals or doctors to give advice on the question of birth control. One of the principal obstacles to the removal of the ban was the influence of the Protestant Episcopal Church, whose High Church members have generally held very strict views on the matter. But even in this stronghold of orthodoxy opinion has been changing. The House of Bishops has just carried a resolution by 44 votes to 38 in favour of allowing licensed physicians, hospitals and medical clinics to convey information in accordance with " the highest principles of eugenics and a more wholesome family life." This is a remarkable victory for the more liberal view ; it means that legislation hitherto strongly opposed by Episcopalian& will have a good chance of getting through Congress.
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