President Heber J. Grant writes in a letter: "Married couples who, by inheritance and proper living, have themselves been blessed with mental and physical vigor are recreant in their duty if they refuse to meet the natural and rightful responsibility of parenthood. Of course, in every ideal home the health of the mother, as well as the intelligence and health of the children should receive careful consideration"
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com, based on Michael Quinn's Mormon Hierarchy vols 1 & 2]
The DMQ books are NOT the source for this entry. The correct source for this entry is:
ReplyDelete"Multiply and Replenish: Mormon Essays on Sex and Family", by Lester E. Bush, Chapter 9. Ethical Issues in Reproductive Medicine: A Mormon Perspective, note 12.
Heber J.Grant letter to Arnold Haymore; see the following link:
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