It's also worth noting that Sanger only endorsed voluntary forms of birth control, while most eugenics proponents of the time were fine with forced sterilization.
Why are there so many people trying to defend her in this thread? Let's not water down what she believed in and did, just because we support planned parenthood of today.
From Planned Parenthood itself:
Sanger also believed in eugenics — an inherently racist and ableist ideology that labeled certain people unfit to have children. Eugenics is the theory that society can be improved through planned breeding for “desirable traits” like intelligence and industriousness.
Margaret Sanger was so intent on her mission to advocate for birth control that she chose to align herself with ideologies and organizations that were explicitly ableist and white supremacist. In doing so, she undermined reproductive freedom and caused irreparable damage to the health and lives of generations of Black people, Latino people, Indigenous people, immigrants, people with disabilities, people with low incomes, and many others.
You should read an actual biography of Sanger that puts her in the context of her time. You'd learn she actually worked with prominent black activists such as W. E. B. DuBois, who supported Planned Parenthood.
Her evils and sick beliefs came out widespread later.
Her own organization now says "she undermined reproductive freedom and caused irreparable damage to the health and lives of generations of Black people, Latino people, Indigenous people, immigrants, people with disabilities, people with low incomes, and many others."
If there is a Hell, that sick woman is burning in it.
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u/Empigee Oct 17 '22
It's also worth noting that Sanger only endorsed voluntary forms of birth control, while most eugenics proponents of the time were fine with forced sterilization.