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Show - Law La.w . Requiring MedicalExamination MedicalExamination Medical EX Examination .minQ.tion minQ.tion minQtion . . BeforeMarriage Before BeforeMarriage Marriage Effective July 1An 1 1An An amazingly high number of ofmarriage o1 o1marriage o : marriage license liCenses * Issued in Utah UtahI Utahhave Utahhave Utalhave I have been tecured secured by young couplefrom couples couplet couplesfrom coupletfrom , from Colorado , because-of because of because 'Of Of ' " - ' the tacthat fact face factthat facethat that In their ctati state a e . pre-maritamedical pre maritamedical pre-marital pre marital premaritalI premaritalmediCal premaritalmedtcal - I mediCal medtcal examination examine.tion examinetion . Is Ja required requiredAfter requiredAfter requiredAfter After . July .July the same am pre-m pre m line-marithl line marithl linemarithlexamination pre-maritaexamination pre maritaexamination - rit 1 1exam1na.tlon exam1na.tlon exam1natlon examination . goes ( oe into effect here hereWhat herewhat her * What haj hILS hag been the th reason re on for tor forI forColorado torColorado to ; I Colorado peo people p opl le to shun hun the examinations exam exam- examI examInatlons examinations - - I inations Inatlons ? Will Wilt younc young couples from fromUtah fromUtah tronUtah Utah Journey Journ to other elates states to g g1their get gettheir gettheir 1their their licence licenses * now ? The follow- follow - followfag follow-tor follow tor - - tng fag fOllOWItng excerpt excerpts * from froD } a United UQited fOllOW-I fOllOW I States.Public States StatesPubllo Btatci.Public BtatciPublic Publlo .Public Public . Health service articli article tells tellswhy tellswhy telljwhy why the new n w law is I * designed dea1gned to tobenefit tcbenefit I Ibenefit benefit those letting getting married and andwhy andwhy antwhy why they thould should eagerly seize theopportunity the theopportunity th thopportunity < opportunity opportunityIf If It enemy bomber bombera * , raided Ameri Ameri- American American American - can cities clUes killed Jdlled 23 25 26 000 chUdren children chUdrenand childrenand chUdrerand this thl na- na nation i1 na nation - and wounded 60900 60900more 60 fiOOOO 900 more tion would declare Immediate and andeffective andeffective anteffective effective warYet warYet war warTet Tet Yet a allent B1lent silent enemy every yearkills year yearJdUs yeakill ] JdUs kills * mow more than 25 26 25000 000 babies be- be before before be before - fore birth or within the first yeajafter year yearafter yearafter after birth and Infecf Infects 60 000 bableborn babies babiesborn babiesborn born alive That enemy Is 1 syphil syphU- syphU syphi syphUIs syphilis - ' Is , is , , and America to Is not yet waging wagingtotal wagingtotal waglnitotal total war against itUnited itUnited It ItUnited United State States * Public Health .ser- .ser ser- ser .service service . tor-vice tor vice - - vice studies show that It If syphUIs syphilis syphUIswere syphiliswere syphllhwere were discovered early In every everymother everymother evenmother treat treat- treatment treatment treatment - mother and followed by good ment the shadow of syphllljcould syphUls syphilis syphUlscould syphiliscould could be lifted from our children childrenIn In one generation Or stated an- an another another an another - other way ten out of o1 eleven trag- trag tragedies tragedies trag-edies trag edies - - edies of syhphllls syhphUIs syhphilts In children could couldbe couldbe coulcbe be prevented If Infected mothers motherswere motherswere mothenwere were treated early In pregnancyPhysicians pregnancyPhysicians pregnancy pregnancyPhysician Physician Physicians * can dijicover d1scover discover syphlllithrough syphUis syphilis syphUisthrough syphilisthrough through blood tests and physlca.examination physlcaexamination physcal physical physcalexaminations physicalexaminations ! . examinations * In time to t.o . ssve save sa ve moth moth- mothers mothera mother - But Butneither Butneither Bu1neither ers era er * as well as unborn btiblea babies neither science nor the law alon alone alonecan alonecan aloncan can bring the patient to the doc- doc doctor doctor doc doctor - - tor or require the people to pro pro- pr0- pr0 - pr0tect protect project - ject tect themselvesComplete themselvesComplete themselves themselvesComplete Complete protection of unbornchildren unborrchildren unborn unbornchUdren chUdren children from syphilis is not a tadfor task taskfor taskfor for physician physicians * alone It It Is by necessity ne- ne necessity necesalty - cessity a task for the whole people peoplePeople peoplePeople peoplePeople People have to understand under6tand why whyblood whyblood wh3blood blood tests are so 50 1m Important port ant to tothem tothem t tthem < them and their children chlldrl'n chlldrln chlldrl'nEvery childrenEvery childrenEvery ' Every woman expecting a baby babyshould bab babyshould : should Insist 1ns1st on a blood test before be before be- be before - fore the third month of pregnancyIf pregnancy If there Ij Is Infection Immediate Immediatetreatment Immediatetreatment Immedlatttreatment treatment by a doctor will wID mean meanthat meanthat mearLhat that the baby s chances of being beingbom beingborn belnbom | bom born free of syphilis syphUis are Immeasur immeasur- immeasurably immeasurably Immeasurably - - ably greaterEvery greaterEvery greater greaterEvery Every couple planning marriageshould marriage marriageshould marriageshould should Insist on blood tests anccomplete and andcomplete andcomplete complete physical examinationssyphilis examinations examinationssyphilis examinationssyphilis syphilis can wreck man-lace man lace marriage - but itneed It Itneed 11need need not noti notiIn I ! IIn In 22 states legislation encour- encour encouragalng encouragaing encour-again encour again - - - agalng againg intelligent action by re reQuiring requiring requiring Quiring that prospective brides brldes and - - - \ t ' examlnattoincluding examinattoiti examinattoitiincluding tt.o tto . \ grooms h have v physical pl1y$1cal pl1y1cal $ including blood te testa teats to before befote thmarriage U1 th ? 1marriag marriage * Ucenc t1cense license Is Issued In , < Z Zstates O ' tatea states there ther * are laws lawa which req\Ure req Ure require reqUreblood requireblood requinblood \ blood tests teeth text * of nil all pregn pregnant , .nt nt . won worn wone . . en e enThus Thus 28 . states s.tates in tq to . all tako take at atleast ftleast t tleast least one ol ot of the simple abnple & ttept steps P $ which whichwill 'Wh Wh ' whlc3wlU will help protect children cbUdren , , yeb yen yet t tbe to tobe tobe < be bom born from ( rom syphilis-20 syphilis 20 < yphlU Wa-20 Wa 20 - - 20 litates states litatesand statesand tateand and the District Dlitrlct of Columbia Colwnbla stUI still stUIhave stillhave ctUhave have taken no precaution precauUoX\8 precauUoX 8 precautiobs \ . * . |