Over the weekend, the New York Times published an op-ed by Planned Parenthood’s CEO Alexis McGill-Johnson titled “We’re Done Making Excuses for Our Founder,” indicating that the group finally will “reckon with Margaret Sanger’s association with white supremacist groups and eugenics.” 

The National Review’s Alexandra DeSanctis writes

Planned Parenthood is remarkably late to acknowledge what the rest of us have been saying for quite some time: Sanger was a foremost proponent of the eugenics movement in the U.S., motivated especially by her particular animus toward poor nonwhites. Her crusade to legalize birth control was motivated in large part by her desire to prevent the “unfit” and “feeble-minded” from reproducing.

Sanger’s goal was not primarily to liberate American women by legalizing birth control; rather, it was “to make the coming generation into such physically fit, mentally capable, socially alert individuals as are the ideal of a democracy.”

“We have defended Sanger as a protector of bodily autonomy and self-determination, while excusing her association with white supremacist groups and eugenics as an unfortunate ‘product of her time,’” Johnson writes.

That it took until 2021 for Planned Parenthood to condemn Sanger’s racism and support for eugenics is unsurprising, considering that the institution’s modern-day work is well in line with her hideous views. Far from being a victory for women, the last half-century of legalized abortion has deepened the effects of racial inequality in the U.S. — and Planned Parenthood profits from that reality.

Are you surprised that it has taken this long for Planned Parenthood to distance itself from white supremacist founder Margaret Sanger, a woman who once spoke in front of the Klu Klux Klan?

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Gary Smith
Gary Smith
3 years ago

Planned Parenthood needs to go away

JHWasik
JHWasik
3 years ago

The Democratic Politicians in America have overseen one of the largest wholesale slaughters, selected mass murder, genocide in world history. They call it a “woman’s Choice”. Murder is murder! If absence of a heart beat is death, than presence of a heartbeat is life.
Watch as the proud recipients of “THE MARGARET SANGER AWARD” have accepted this award, and listen to their speeches to see who these individuals really are. 2003 Recipient Jane Fonda, 2009 Recipient Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2014 Recipient Nancy Pelosi. Are these the people you want representing The United States of America ? Speaking for woman around the world. Through taxation, they have funded this genocide since its inception, that needs to end today!

Walter Goddard
Walter Goddard
3 years ago

Eugenics was the primary plan, for planned parenthood….
Doesn’t any of the: black lives, white lives, or brown lives.. matter to Liberals?
Seems like they want it both ways… all the hypocrisy and rhetoric stinks!

Tear down the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, law and order, history and our cultural heritage… but they still claim innocence!

john doe
john doe
3 years ago

SIXTY Percent of PPH Abortions were performed on African American babies; why would anyone of this race support INFANTICIDE on their own? The Democrats still practice on same principles as The Jim Crow days, with too many Black Priest & Pastors being paid off by DNC to hinder their own. Look at Every major city in America with Crime & gang Violence are run by “Democrats”. Just Look at Atlanta Ga, Sixty % Black Population in last fifteen years Lost Two car Mfg factories while crimes & Drugs have tripled, Murder and shootings Black on Black crime has Tripled Stacy Abrams blames the White man, While the Black congressman for Forty years died while still in office is praised for Race relations. It is time for Term Limits Amen

Steve
Steve
3 years ago

Abortion for blacks and people of color only, free and no questions asked.

Scotty
Scotty
2 years ago

Are black baby parts worth the same as white baby parts? Just askin.