Tag: Stopes v Sutherland libel trial
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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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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…