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PRENATAL CULTURE. 



ethics of matrimony allows the unrestricted ex- 

 pression of their abnormal desires. 



Breaking the law of chastity during the period 

 of gestation and lactation is one of the great 

 causes of infant mortality. Many parents by the 

 abuse of the marital rights have robbed their off- 

 Inl*nt Mortality. ^ r ' mg of physical strength, mental vigor, or moral 



purity. Many who are anxiously caring for a 

 puny little weakling, who would gladly sacrifice 

 all and deny themselves every comfort to save its 

 life, find, alas, that they began their self denial 

 too late! Others whose children are strong and 

 healthy early manifest tendencies that betray 

 their unnatural prenatal training, 



A mother's purity, or the lack of it, will deter- 

 mine the degree of innate chastity in her offspring. 

 Pure, chaste love and the tender care of mothers 

 during gestation and lactation would fill the world 

 with rosy-cheeked, happy children and rob death 

 of one-half of its infant prey. 



The prospective mother should enjoy absolute 

 freedom. She should be relieved from needless 

 care and anxiety, and be allowed to assert the 

 queenly rights of her own person, and follow the 

 mandates of her own instincts and choice. This 

 absolute freedom is not only highly essential for 

 her comfort and welfare, but it is also of great im- 

 portance to her child. If the mother is a slave, 

 if she is compelled to subject her will to the will 

 of the husband, if she is made to feel that she 

 must obey the dictates of another, rest assured 

 that her child will be a slave, a born serf, lacking 

 in self reliance, independence, sense of freedom 



The World's 

 Great Need. 



Maternal 

 Freedom. 



Enslaved 

 Motherhood. 



