I saw no red-light sign of houses of prostitution, and on making
inquiries I was informed that there were no houses of prostitution in
Eurasia, for as soon as information was given to any Magistrate the law
required him or her to issue an order for the arrest of the female
practicing prostitution, and on conviction she was committed to the
female reformatory for five years, subject to parole after one year, and
for a second offense of the same crime she was deprived of the power to
propagate the race. Gentle reader, don't think that this law is cruel or
unjust, for the amount of evil that a depraved woman can commit in
spreading, that loathsome disease, syphilis, is incalculable, and Christ
when he told the woman that had committed adultery that he did not
condemn her also added: "Go and sin no more." A committee of six
physicians, three males and three females, in the service of the
Government in every district were required by law to examine every
person desiring marriage and if the person examined was affected with
tuberculosis, cancer, scrofula, leprosy, syphilis, or any other
loathsome or contagious disease, then that person was denied a license
to marry; and also if they were mentally unsound.
Pages:
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82