Birth Control: A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians

The author critiques neo-Malthusian arguments for birth control, disputing claims about inevitable population growth and limited food supply and arguing that overpopulation is not demonstrated. Statistical and historical evidence is used to contend that high birth-rates do not necessarily cause poverty or high death-rates and that poverty can instead encourage higher fertility. The text considers religious and social influences on reproduction, proposes natural checks on fertility, explores reasons for falling birth-rates, and warns that artificial contraception can produce physical, marital, and moral harms, combining empirical data with philosophical and ethical critique against contraceptive advocacy.