Remove statues of Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood founder tied to eugenics and racism

[washamericom]

Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sangerâs 1939 quote on exterminating Black population taken out of context

Social media users are sharing a quote from Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger without context.

www.reuters.com

 

[surada]

Sanger never supported abortion

Every small town in America had a back alley abortionist. Sanger promoted birth control.

 

[rightwinger]

Every small town in America had a back alley abortionist. Sanger promoted birth control.

She was jailed for advocating contraception

At a time nobody else would

 

[surada]

She was jailed for advocating contraception

At a time nobody else would

I know. She was trying to keep poor women from needing the back alley abortionist.

 

[washamericom]

Humans are like weeds...

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Humans are like weeds...

Pure evil

 

[washamericom]

I guess i can see why hillary loves her.

The Forgotten Lessons of the American Eugenics Movement

It’s impossible to revisit the history of America’s quest for racial purity without sometimes being reminded of the current public discourse.

www.newyorker.com

 

[surada]

Pure evil

More like pure stupidity. Sanger was trying to keep poor women away from back alley abortionists.

 

[washamericom]

Woman should have some control over how many children they have. How many they can afford. How many they can love and care for.

The Forgotten Lessons of the American Eugenics Movement

It’s impossible to revisit the history of America’s quest for racial purity without sometimes being reminded of the current public discourse.

www.newyorker.com

They keep repeating we just need to clean up her past ...

 

[SassyIrishLass]

More like pure stupidity. Sanger was trying to keep poor women away from back alley abortionists.

Get lost, I consider you a buffoon

 

[washamericom]

Sanger said it was about the "cultivation of the better racial elements".

P.P felt a need to apologize for her past statements and I give them all kinds of credit for addressing it head on without any of the excuses we see here. I can only surmise it's because those doing that actually do support what she said.

Well...
She's just as good of a political poster person as george ffloyd is.

 

[surada]

Get lost, I consider you a buffoon

I consider you stupid.

Sanger was opposed to abortion.

 

[washamericom]

Get lost, I consider you a buffoon

It's like arguing with a tape recorder.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

I consider you stupid.

Sanger was opposed to abortion.

I don't care what you consider you harpy old hag

 

[whitehall]

I don't think there are any monuments to Sanger except Planned Parenthood but there are monuments to mostly democrat politicians like Woodrow Wilson who supported eugenics and the purity of races.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

It's like arguing with a tape recorder.

She's a fckn know it all and doesn't know shit

 

[easyt65]

Remove statues of the Matriarch of killing black babies, of veritable genocide?

Perish the thought....

 

[SweetSue92]

Where are there public statues to Sanger?

Boston, Old South Meeting House
National Portrait Gallery

 

[washamericom]

I consider you stupid.

Sanger was opposed to abortion.

Istensibly she wanted iq tests to decide who can and who can't
That's tough to defend.

 

[SweetSue92]

I don't think there are any monuments to Sanger except Planned Parenthood but there are monuments to mostly democrat politicians like Woodrow Wilson who supported eugenics and the purity of races.

Oh there are. Ran into one at a Boston museum. My kids were middle school-late elem. age. I gave them an, um, "alternative lecture" that the docents in the museum clearly didn't appreciate but that was completely true.

Old biddies in Boston. I was glad they overheard me teaching my children.