Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Legacy: The Control of Female Fertility

Angela Franks, who received her doctorate from Boston College while I was a student there, recently published her first book entitled "Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Legacy: The Control of Female Fertility."  Her lecture was a presentation of her book, and it was brilliant.  Most people know Margaret Sanger as the woman who founded the organization which later became known as Planned Parenthood.  However, few people know that Margaret Sanger was an outspoken eugenicist.  From Wikipedia:

Sanger was a proponent of eugenics, a social philosophy that gained strong support in the United States in the early 20th century. The philosophy claimed that human hereditary traits can be improved through social intervention. Methods of social intervention (targeted at those seen as "genetically unfit") advocated by eugenists have included selective breeding, sterilizationand euthanasia. In "A Plan for Peace" (1932), for example, Sanger argued for:

A stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation to that grade of population whose progeny is already tainted or whose inheritance is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to offspring.^[13]

Sanger promoted the idea of "race hygiene" through "negative eugenics," an attempt to reduce the fertility of "dysgenic" groups. Sanger considered the unchecked multiplication of the "unfit" to be "the greatest present menace to civilization."^[14] She suggested Congress set up a special department to study population problems and appoint a "Parliament of Population." One of the main objectives of the "Population Congress" would be "to raise the level and increase the general intelligence of population."^[15]

13. Sanger, "A Plan For Peace", Birth Control Review, April 1932, p. 106

14. Margaret Sanger, "The Eugenic Value of Birth Control Propaganda", Birth Control Review, October 1921, page 5.

15. Margaret Sanger, "The Function of Sterilization." Birth Control Review, October 1926, p.299

I strongly encourage everyone to read Dr. Franks' book.  Also, please take a moment to watch this informative video about Planned Parenthood's deceptive and cruel practices.  And did I mention your tax dollars fund Planned Parenthood?

*THIS VIDEO IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN