Tag: Marie stopes
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Why Halliday Sutherland Opposed Eugenics (Long Before His Conversion)
Dr Halliday Sutherland’s religious journey Dr Sutherland’s religious journey was outlined in Exterminating Poverty: Born in 1882, he had been “brought up a Scots Presbyterian” but was by 1904 “in theory an agnostic and in practice an atheist”. On the outbreak of World War I, he joined the Church of Scotland: “In August 1914 there…
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Why the Stopes v Sutherland Trial Still Matters Today
Introduction The Stopes v Sutherland libel trial (1923–24) was one of Britain’s most significant public debates about population control and eugenics. Yet today accounts of the trial are often simplified into a “Catholics against contraceptives” schema and Stopes’ eugenic agenda is downplayed (or even omitted!). This post explains what the trial was really about and…
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Marie Stopes: The Eugenics Agenda Ignored by the BBC
Introduction The BBC’s historical profile of Marie Stopes is one of the highest-ranking articles when people search for information about her life and work. Because the BBC is widely trusted, readers assume that its summary offers a complete and balanced picture. However, the BBC page, which was originally published years ago and is now “archived”,…
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Stopes v Sutherland – Team Lists
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE KINGS BENCH DIVISION Royal Courts of Justice. Wednesday, 21st February, 1923 Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, and a Special Jury BETWEEN Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes … Plaintiff Halliday G. Sutherland and Harding & More Limited … Defendants Dr. Stopes’ legal team: Dr. Sutherland’s legal team: Harding & More’s legal…
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Exterminating Poverty
The centenaries relating to Dr. Sutherland’s fight against eugenics and his legal battle against Marie Stopes are upon us. While the events are one-hundred years old, the ideologies and ideas behind them are not. Malthusians and eugenicists still stalk the earth, albeit with a contemporary image and wearing fashionable clothes. Please spread the true story…