CHAPTER X.

ANTENATAL INFANTICIDE.

The alarming prevalence of this hideous sin.—How daughters are initiated.—How expectant mothers appeal to reputable physicians.—Young women should be taught to associate the idea of marriage with motherhood.—Destruction of own health and life go hand in hand with prenatal murder.—Effect of such attempts upon the physical life and character.—Life from the moment of conception.—The injustice and cruel wrongs inflicted upon wives by uncontrolled passions of husbands.—Obligation of motherhood should be recognized.—Its blessings.—The duty of the physician as educator of public sentiment, 123-134