Organization stays quiet about founder

Recently VOX (voices for Planned Parenthood) and ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) co-sponsored a forum on reproductive rights called: "Your Reproductive Rights: Going, Going, Gone?" It was held Mon, Nov. 12 in the Black Cultural Center. Does anyone know the history of Planned Parenthood? Margaret Sanger's (founder of Planned Parenthood) vision of birth control was really an attempt to limit the elements of the population she considered undesirable. Racial minorities and others she labeled as "feeble-minded." Sanger's depopulation targets included Semites, Latins, Hispanics and Blacks. Ironic that this forum was held in the Black Cultural Center. Sanger's bitter hatred of Christianity was well known and her opposition to charity and missionary efforts merely reflected that fact. Do the research. Planned Parenthood does everything possible to hide the truth about their founder. You can't find the information on Planned Parenthood's website. In her best-selling 1922 book, "The Pivot of Civilization," she called for the elimination of "human weeds" and for the segregation of "morons, misfits and the maladjusted," and for the sterilization of the"genetically inferior races" (from page 101 of "The Pivot of Civilization"). Hitler had similar ideas for the "genetically inferior races." Planned Parenthood is of course aware of this fact. They, however, try to downplay Sanger's extremist view with nifty semantics and name-calling. They of course label anyone who is pro-life as an extremist who would want to subject everyone to their morality. But at least we can take refuge in the fact that our morality of protecting babies’ lives isn't as evil as destroying the population that isn't the right color. Planned Parenthood today considers Sanger a hero for "women's rights." Recently they gave away "American Flag" condoms in honor of 9/11. I can't imagine any more disgusting way to disrespect the American flag.

Marc Gretencord

Senior, School of Consumer and Family Sciences

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