Catholic School Cancels Talk on Abortion Pioneer's Eugenics Views Feb 9, 2007
During an after-school event on Monday, Feb. 12 - at which attendance would be voluntary - Flynn was slated to give "a fact-based talk" drawn from the chapter in his book dealing with Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, the in the U.S.. Just days before the event, however, Principal Carolyn Witte suddenly cancelled the lecture, calling the subject "unsuitable for high school students." Matter said Witte had told him the "content could be misunderstood.". (CNSnews.com)
A Living Soul Jan 22, 2007
This was the promise of the eugenics movement backed by Darwinists as well as certain social activists (like Planned Parenthood co-founder Margaret Sanger) of the early 20th century. While we should welcome advances in medical technology which may prevent disease and prevent disability, life is not a product of evolution than can be steered a certain way. (Suite101.com)
Reflections on Roe v.Wade Jan 21, 2007
In the early 1930s the American Birth Control League was founded by Margaret Sanger. Poverty stricken women with too many children who were dying from self-induced abortions was common. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
First, do no harm (to whites) Jan 1, 2007
In a chapter titled "The Black Stork," Washington examines the dual legacy of feminist pioneer Margaret Sanger, who championed women's right to contraception but was also a committed eugenicist whose Birth Control Review advocated systematically reducing the fertility of black women. In this project Sanger had federal support, Washington writes, and the proliferation of government-sponsored Planned Parenthood clinics deepened suspicions among African Americans that birth control and state... (San Francisco Chronicle)