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ChazII

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4. K&R n/t

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 04:38 PM

Jul 2020

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Planned Parenthood in N.Y. Disavows Margaret Sanger Over Eugenics [View all] Jose Garcia Jul 2020 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author denem Jul 2020 #1

Good for them Lulu KC Jul 2020 #2

i thought this Eugenics was a star trek and other scifi thing. AllaN01Bear Jul 2020 #3

Someone posted the other day "Who knew that our history books were fan fiction?" catrose Jul 2020 #12

K&R n/t ChazII Jul 2020 #4

so I guess they did a reseach on her catsudon Jul 2020 #5

They defended her for years. Igel Jul 2020 #6

?????? musette_sf Jul 2020 #9

from your link catsudon Jul 2020 #13

I disagree with the attacks on Sanger CatLady78 Jul 2020 #15

I don't think PP has to do this at all. musette_sf Jul 2020 #29

I am glad you contacted them and made these points CatLady78 Jul 2020 #36

I am really curious how they reply to you obamanut2012 Jul 2020 #37

Good. mahina Jul 2020 #7

I disagree with the decision that Planned Parenthood has made. musette_sf Jul 2020 #8

She Was Dedicated RobinA Jul 2020 #10

The morality of racism of eugenics and racism are one and the same. denem Jul 2020 #11

She Had Some Views RobinA Jul 2020 #19

This is a great post CatLady78 Jul 2020 #20

I disagree with your assertion that musette_sf Jul 2020 #26

"Nowhere in Ms Sanger's writings or speeches does she state that "deprived people" denem Jul 2020 #34

I am with you - she was a product of her times CatLady78 Jul 2020 #14

I agree catsudon Jul 2020 #17

"she was a product of her times" denem Jul 2020 #18

i did not know about catsudon Jul 2020 #21

It is cultural borderline personality CatLady78 Jul 2020 #23

Ms Sanger never made any reference to "lower races". musette_sf Jul 2020 #27

Crazy time kelly97 Jul 2020 #16

It's like we're purging the past, and I think we're going too far, IMO. Calista241 Jul 2020 #22

Let me quote Margaret Sanger herself. denem Jul 2020 #24

Abortion at the turn of the 20th century was a brutal, unperfected, slap-dash process Calista241 Jul 2020 #28

Agreed, and thank you for your post. musette_sf Jul 2020 #30

Sanger, by her own account, regarded abortion as barbaric denem Jul 2020 #32

All they did was take her name off a building Yeehah Jul 2020 #25

Except she wasn't "bad". musette_sf Jul 2020 #31

Was eugenics bad? denem Jul 2020 #33

She was a good person mixed with some bad Yeehah Jul 2020 #35