so far as is concerned the question of its being a factor toward Race 

Suicide, we must pronounce a verdict of "Not Guilty" upon Birth Control. 

On the contrary, the contrary course of teaching and practice, if 

carried to their full logical conclusion, would inevitably bring the 

race to such a stage of degeneracy, and retrogression to primitive type, 

that a fate far worse than suicide would befall the human race. For the 

race, as well as the individual, may commit "suicide" and an end to its 

career, not only by a will-not-to-live but also by a will-to-degenerate. 

The face of Birth Control is set toward the rising sun of Race 

Betterment, not toward the setting sun of Racial Decline. Its ideas are 

those of Race Life, not of Race Death. It bids the race not to perish, 

but rather to live on in greater strength, happiness, and efficiency. 

Birth Control is in full accord with the Racial Will-to-Live, and not 

opposed to it. All humanity, all civilization, all human progress, call 

upon us to take our stand upon this vital question of Birth Control. 

And, as a writer has well said, in doing so we shall each of us be 

contributing, however humbly, to that "one far-off event, to which the 

whole creation moves."