Of course, any form of abortion, or killing the embryo after it has been conceived in the womb, can be said to resemble murder. But the prevention of conception is another matter. No actual life is being terminated; then one is merely being prevented for the good of all concerned. One cannot expect human beings to remain continually continent. This is unnatural and wrong, to say nothing of being harmful to the parties concerned. Ultimately, the stringent laws on this subject will be altered for the general good of present generations and those yet unborn. V. PROPER EDUCATION. _In School._—The most outstanding error, the one most fraught with dire consequences, is the taboo on sex, and the consequent silence upon any matter pertaining to it. All life is dependent upon sex, and all civilization is combined in an effort to make it appear non-existent by ignoring it. With silly sham codes and an absurd veil of surface morality, civilized society blinds its eyes to sex, and tries to believe that in so doing it is eradicating man’s most fundamental yearning. Naturally, it does no such thing. But what does it do? If it were only a negative result that it achieved, it would be hardly worthy of notice, and could be passed over with a light laugh as a fond parent ignores the amusing make-believe of a child. Such is not the case. The conventions and moral codes are more deadly than a mere sop thrown out to soothe Rotarian consciences. This smoke screen, released to blind the enemy, has deadened the eyes of the defense, and left them open to the most insidious advances of their declared foe. All that conventional morality has succeeded in doing is promulgating an ignorance that is more devastating than anything the most licentious knowledge could possibly foster. Young persons, reaching maturity, blunder onto sex, blinded by ignorance. Small wonder that they make so many grave mistakes. It is hard on both sexes, but harder on girls. In spite of our broadening attitude, girls still pay the price of ignorance in most communities. What chance has a young girl, brought up to believe that she was dropped through the window by a stork, or that her mother found her under a rose bush, when she goes out into a man-made world? She has been taught to keep her boy friends at a proper distance, but when she is alone, and lonely, she finds it not too hard to give the first kiss. Once given, she can see no harm in it. Somehow it doesn’t seem nearly as evil as her parents had told her it was. She does not know that the kiss is a mere preliminary, and when she finally yields, she does not realize the full import of her action. She has only blind ignorance with which to defend herself from the world, only ignorance to protect her from disease, or illegitimate motherhood.