No. 2678. PERTH. THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1974
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Major new hope on R eligious Press's role in birth control
confused, troubled era
CANBERRA. — "The great majority of people are on your side," the Governor-General, Sir Paul Hasluck, told representatives of religious publications in Canberra last week.
Women throughout the world may be provided with a swift, certain and simple method of controlling the size of their families if research now being carried out in Melbourne is successful.
• By LES TEESE in the Melbourne "Advocate"
He was speaking at they were requested to we are making, what of the majority of Ausdo. They would be attsort of community we The research is likely to of specially prepared test- number of countries in their tralians," he said. the first national convenracted by opportunities are building, what sort be completed within a coup- tape or a test tube whether investigations and propogation of the Australian "There are oddities in in the religious Press. of people we really want or not she in in a fertile tion of ovulation methods. Religious Press Associale of years. our community, elemention. to be." Sir Paul Hasluck said Its success could mean a state. On their arrival at Rome ts that are articulate and "We're going through It is expected that the airport, the Doctors Billings there was a great need for Melbourbreakthrough well pubicised. PRAISE a period in Australian test would time for each for a religious Press in ne and Australia in the drove to Vatican City for "But the majority of Sir Paul Hasluck said history when a great Australia. fields of natural family take little more than a few an official call on Cardinal Australians are on your that he had come to the seconds. number of values are It should: planning. Knox at the Sacred Congreside. adjusted," he convention to say a few being TESTING gation of the Sacraments. "You're doing some• Give leadership w ords of encouragement. said. in influential It is seen thing worthwhile. and guidance to people. to research is of the Aim Research in Melbourne is "Some old values are circles here as the latest He wanted to demonproduce a testing method headed by Professor J. B. "Go ahead and keep • Set before them a and possibly the ultimate, being discarded. strate his appreciation on doing it." wide range of informain a chain of Catholic fam- similar to that already used Brown, a Melbourne Uni"A search is being for the work of the retion and a higher set of ily planning developments. by thousands of diabetics versity professor in the DeSir Paul Hasluck was ligious Press and the made for new values. throughout the world. partment of Obstetrics and values than they were a journalist on the staff high value he put on it. "There are a lot of If the proposed new A tiny piece of test-tape Gynaecology at the Royal otherwise given. of "The West Austral"I have a great deal very confused people method passes final tests dampened with urine and Women's Hospital. ian" before he entered • Encourage them to of confidence that in — particularly in the any woman will be able to placed beside a comparative Professor Brown is an inpolitics. ask questions about speaking these words, younger generation —111 determine, by a simple ur- colour scale will indicate ternationally recognised auAa.-"what sort of Australia I'm speaking on behalf fib See ALSO P. 2 & 4) who do not know what ine test with a small strip immediately whether or not thority on ovarian chemisis really worthwhile. a woman is in a fertile try. state. "I'm afraid that in Indications, so far, are "CAN BE DONE" this confused and troubthat this testing method is In Melbourne, Professor people led situation completely accurate. Brown told The Advocate: aren't receiving as much Experts say that the prin- "I am certain the method help as they might rightciples of the method are can be developed. It is only expect — neither already, used with complete ly a question of getting from those who mould reliability in medical diag- on with it. public opinion nor from nosis. "Whether we will be the those who give inforThese facts were dis- first to do it is another matmation. LONDON (NC). — The bishops of England and Wales have launched an attack on Britain's abortion policy and its new free-for-all contraceptive service that could lose precious votes for closed for the first time ter. with the arrival in Rome of "All the theoretical reSTREAKER Mr. Harold Wilson's Labour Party Government. a husband and wife team quirements have been work"I don't want to specof Melbourne doctors for ed out and the whole thing The Wilson Govern- es would lead to increas"It must also be said ify any particular peran international three-day is possible, but we haven't ment which is reported ed promiscuity and a at once that the report son from the political assembly of scientists at a got to the stage of marryto be planning another dramatic spread of ven- gives no indication that side, the pulpit, the edRound Table on Ovulation ing it all up. election soon to try to ereal disease. the committee has apucation system or among Prediction. "It's only a question of strengthen its position Discussing the Lane preciated the extent of leaders in communicaThis meeting was organ- time whether we get it or will be seen by the pub- Report, on the workings the burden placed by the tion. ised by the Catholic Univer- someone else does." lic as the author of the of the 1967 Abortion Act, act on the consciences of "But I feel people are sity of the Sacred Heart, Dr. Billings said that the new contraceptive policy which recommended that thousands of doctors and not receiving the leadRome, and the Catholic test-tape method was eswhich provides free con- no important changes be nurses not all of whom ership, guidance and inUniversity of Louvain. Bel- sentially the same as more traceptives for the un- made in the act, Cardinal are Catholics or even formation they really gium. elaborate tests which were married, even school Heenan said that he real- Christians." need to meet the great carried out in the laborachildren. ized that the Lane ComE XPERTS adjustment that's taking tory. In addition, by main- mittee was not asked to UNMARRIED place." The Melbourne experts The difference was that taining the present 1967 make an ethical assessDUBLIN — A Nun Sir Paul Hasluck said The Government's an- has been chosen to head there for the talks, were Dr. women would in future Abortion Act, or at least ment of abortion but onthe way to get a front J Billings and his wife, Dr. have a 'do-it-yourself kit by not making import- ly to report on the work- nouncement of a free a new Irish Government page today was to take E. L. Billings, who alreac4 that would be simple to adcontraceptive service for ant changes, it could be ing of the Act. committee to wage war off your clothes and have visited a considerable minister. judged responsible for "We are nevertheless the unmarried also call- against poverty. streak across a park. the abortion situation, surprised that the report ed for immediate notice, Sr. Stanislaus, a Sister You couldn't get a now reaching to 170,000 does not attempt to de- the cardinal's statement of Mercy who has workfront page if you had terminated pregnancies a termine what effect on said. ed with the pioneering an ideal or a principle year. national moral standards He said that the bish- Kilkenny Social Service to get across. Cardinal John Heenan has resulted from the wi- ops appreciated that the Centre, becomes chairThings which were of Westminster, in a despread destruction of Minister for Social Serman of an advisory comcheap. nasty and without statement • of unusual life in the womb," the vices was carrying out a mittee which has been any tradition of honour bluntness on behalf of cardinal's statement add- policy "agreeable to given £100,000 to spend or self-respect were getthe English and Welsh ed. many members of Parlion research and on pilot ting a great deal of pubbishops 'standing comament irrespective of schemes to combat povlicity. "MISTAKE" mittee, said: party" and was motivaterty. At the same time, "The bishops would be "It is a mistake to con- ed by the desire to reShe is the first nun to there were expanding failing in their duty if centrate on the benefits duce the alarming growhead a government comOpportunities for the rethey did not point out enjoyed by a woman th of abortion. mittee in Ireland. ligious Press. that official policy is of- seeking an abortion with"It must, however, be She has social science fensive not only to the out considering the effect said that this official acJOURNALISTS Catholic minority but to that legalizing the de- tion is bound to promote degrees from University and many other citizens. struction of foetal life promiscuity among the College, Dublin He gave two examManchester University general had on the has ples: young," he added. WARNING and a record of solid public. • Together religious "Educationally, it is a achievement in setting "We believe that the "Many thoughtful citipublications had an enabandonment of Chrtisti- zens fear that if the doc- policy of despair to pro- up community social serormous readership. This vices in Kilkenny. an standards of sexual trine of the sanctity of vide the means of self-inshould be of great intermorality will have an er- life is abandoned there is dulgence instead of teaest to national advertisoding effect on the moral likely to be a general ching self-control. ers. health of the whole com- growth of violence. "It is insulting to the I I Many ON INSIDE PAGES intelligent munity." "Once it is lawful to young to take for grantyoung journalists were child unborn Cardinal Heenan, back- deprive the ed that they are incapnot happy with the rathed by the standing com- of life the way is open to able of refraining from Calendar 4 er trivial and mean tasks mittee, warned that the the killing of the old and fornication. free-for-all contraceptiv- incurably sick. Classified A LBANY HIGHWAY "It is a fact of experAdvertising 10 ience that many women C ANNINGTON 7 seeking abortions have Education File used contraceptive devicLetters 11 es. Organised by Victorian Catholic Schools Drama Festival Music 8 "It is therefore highly DEALER likely that the pregnancy Committee Our Historic Link 9 rate among schoolgirls ( With assistance from Australian Counci l for ',he A s will continue to rise and News In Pars 4 For one act plays written by students of Australian the number of abortions Sister Philomene to increase. Catholic schools. Prizes: $50 and $25. Earle 11 "In addition, it is virtENTRIES CLOSE MAY 30, 1974 ually certain that there Sport 12 Entry forms and conditions from the Committee, G.P.O. Box 689 E, will be a dramatic 68 1826 Melbourne, Vic. 3001. Theatre 8 L TELEPHONE spread of venereal disease." TV, Radio 8
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