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Sunday, July 11, 2004

Apropos oppression-by-birth-control

The Curt Jester's comments on a story to which he links bring up the racist and eugenic agenda that so many of the "family planning" pioneers held.

Ann Farmer has written a very good book on the subject, Prophets and Priests, published by St Austin Press. The production is naff, which is unusual for St Austin Press books, but the content is excellent.