Planned Parenthood’s Ongoing Guilt By Ongoing Association

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Never before in history has it been easier to distance one’s self or organization from words.  If a politician or celebrity is quoted and an uproar ensues, dozens of PR handlers rush in and tell us what he or she “meant” to say.  And if the media does not carry the “correction”, websites, blogs and others will get the word out.  In fact, websites make these corrections timeless.  So no matter when you hear about what someone might have said, you can simply go to a website and see if it’s true.

Operation Rescue long ago distanced itself from its founder, Randall Terry.  You can read it on their website:

Some of Mr. Terry’s unbiblical lifestyle decisions include:

Misstatements and deception to donors about his financial situation.

Misuse and lack of accountability with respect to hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from the pro-life community.

Improper and immoral relationships.

The Operation Rescue leaders are praying that Randall Terry repents and seeks God’s help for spiritual restoration, healing of shattered and broken relationships and restitution of all ill-gained funds.

“Randall Terry is not associated with Operation Rescue, and has no authority to speak on behalf of this organization.”

The Lutheran Church (at least the conservative Missouri Synod) long ago distanced itself from the anti-Semitic writings of Martin Luther.  I just checked their website to be sure and found this:

While The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod holds Martin Luther in high esteem for his bold proclamation and clear articulation of the teachings of Scripture, it deeply regrets and deplores statements made by Luther which express a negative and hostile attitude toward the Jews.

So when we read the following quotes from Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, is it really fair to say that the current Planned Parenthood organization and supporters agree with them?

On blacks, immigrants and indigents:
“…human weeds,’ ‘reckless breeders,’ ’spawning… human beings who never should have been born.”  Margaret Sanger, Pivot of Civilization, referring to immigrants and poor people

On sterilization & racial purification:
Sanger believed that, for the purpose of racial “purification,” couples should be rewarded who chose sterilization. Birth Control in America, The Career of Margaret Sanger, by David Kennedy, p. 117, quoting a 1923 Sanger speech.

On the right of married couples to bear children:
Couples should be required to submit applications to have a child, she wrote in her “Plan for Peace.” Birth Control Review, April 1932

On the purpose of birth control:
The purpose in promoting birth control was “to create a race of thoroughbreds,” she wrote in the Birth Control Review, Nov. 1921 (p. 2)

On the rights of the handicapped and mentally ill, and racial minorities:
“More children from the fit, less from the unfit — that is the chief aim of birth control.” Birth Control Review, May 1919, p. 12

On the extermination of blacks:
“We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population,” she said, “if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.” Woman’s Body, Woman’s Right: A Social History of Birth Control in America, by Linda Gordon

On respecting the rights of the mentally ill:
In her “Plan for Peace,” Sanger outlined her strategy for eradication of those she deemed “feebleminded.” Among the steps included in her evil scheme were immigration restrictions; compulsory sterilization; segregation to a lifetime of farm work; etc. Birth Control Review, April 1932, p. 107

And finally:

“The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.” Margaret Sanger, Women and the New Race (Eugenics Publ. Co., 1920, 1923)  (*Quote collection compiled and available at dianedew.com)

So, let’s be fair and research Planned Parenthood’s website and see what they say about their founder and her words:

Planned Parenthood is rooted in the courage and tenacity of American women and men willing to fight for women’s health, rights, and equality. Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, is one of the movement’s great heroes. Sanger’s early efforts remain the hallmark of Planned Parenthood’s mission.

In 1966, Planned Parenthood Federation of America inaugurated the PPFA Margaret Sanger Award to honor the woman who founded America’s family planning movement. In its first year, the award was bestowed upon four men, including the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

If Planned Parenthood wanted to distance itself from the views of Margaret Sanger, they could do so in less time than it took me to assemble this post.  If they wanted to simply say she was mis-quoted it would take even less time.  They could even steal the Lutheran comments above and change the words a little.  I’d settle for “We applaud her early efforts at family planning though some of her efforts to exterminate those she found unnecessary and create a master race, while perhaps notable for being several years ahead of Hitler’s initiatives, might be considered by some on the right to be a little extreme.” Instead, we read nothing but praise, accolades and reaffirmation.

I guess we have our answer.

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