The full original title of this 1727 essay by Daniel Defoe was "Conjugal Lewdness or,

Matrimonial Whoredom", though he was later asked to rename it for the sake of propriety.
The modified title became "A Treatise Concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed".
The essay dealt primarily with contraception, comparing it directly with infanticide. Defoe
accomplished this through anecdotes, such as a conversation between two women in which
the right-minded chides the other for asking for "recipes" that might prevent pregnancy. In the
essay, he further referred to contraception as "the diabolical practice of attempting to prevent
childbearing by physical preparations."