_POINT NINE._—As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee has recently brought up a point which frequently occurs in discussion, it may be well to call it to the attention of the other members; i.e., that the control of parenthood can be achieved without the utilization of any scientific knowledge,—merely by abstinence from the relationship which results in conception. This is offered as a reason for retaining the law which bans knowledge of scientific methods. Apart from the question of the constitutionality, justice or propriety of such prohibitive legislation, it must be remembered that in the marital relation abstinence does not have the sanction of law. In many States refusal to cohabit, as an element of desertion or of cruelty and indignity is ground for divorce. Hence abstinence thus penalized is no free or practicable alternative for the compulsory ignorance decreed by the statute. Thus it follows that the only sort of parenthood which has the thorough sanction of American laws is the irresponsible, unintentional sort,—parenthood of no higher standard than that of the wild animals. Is it not high time to make the laws catch up with civilization? February 18, 1925. _POINT TEN._—Government officials themselves are guilty of flagrant violations of statutes prohibiting circulation of contraceptive knowledge. But they are not indicted for their crimes,—one more evidence that the government makes no valid effort to enforce the laws on this subject. The following recent instances are noteworthy: 1. The Library of the Surgeon General has received and is loaning to readers the November issue of the American Journal of —— published by the —— Company of ——. It contains a report by Dr. —— on methods of controlling conception,—the report being the result of research by the New York Committee on ——. To mail the magazine from —— to receive and loan it in Washington are criminal acts under the law. 2. The Congressional Library has received from England and has loaned to readers the new volume entitled —— by Dr. ——, published by —— London. It is a “Manual for the Medical and Legal Professions,” and is considered one of the best and most comprehensive works on the subject in the world. To pass the book through the customs, to transport it to Washington, to list it in the library catalogue, and to lend it to readers are criminal acts under the law. The same volume has been borrowed by several members of the Judiciary Committee,—again a criminal act.