Birth Control

In this forceful and meticulously argued work, Halliday Sutherland challenges one of the most influential social doctrines of the modern age: the Neo-Malthusian belief that controlling birth rates is the key to solving poverty, disease, and social decline. Writing with the urgency of a physician and the conviction of a Christian moral thinker, Sutherland dismantles the statistical, historical, and ethical foundations of the movement that claims overpopulation is the chief threat to civilisation. Instead, he presents a sweeping counter-argument: that poverty has deeper social roots, that civilisation has repeatedly prospered under growing populations, and that artificial birth control carries profound physical, psychological, and spiritual risks. Drawing from case studies in Europe, America, India, and Japan, as well as from ancient history and contemporary science, Sutherland exposes what he sees as the fallacies, dangers, and moral compromises embedded in the Neo-Malthusian agenda. He argues that true reform arises not from restricting life, but from strengthening society, family, and conscience. Bold, provocative, and unapologetically principled, this book remains a revealing window into early twentieth-century debates on population, morality, and human dignity—and a defining statement of Christian opposition to artificial birth control.