{"id":128450,"date":"2016-10-14T16:17:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T20:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=128450"},"modified":"2016-10-14T16:21:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T20:21:06","slug":"margaret-sanger-proud-planned-parenthood-become","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/margaret-sanger-proud-planned-parenthood-become\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Sanger would be proud of what Planned Parenthood has become"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysignal.com\/2016\/10\/13\/margaret-sanger-would-be-proud-of-what-planned-parenthood-has-become\/\">Daily Signal<\/a>)\u00a0Planned Parenthood is about to celebrate its 100th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an odd, and frankly grotesque, commemoration for an organization that is\u00a0<a href=\"\/news\/planned-parenthood-has-committed-over-7-million-abortions-since-1970\/\">responsible<\/a> itself for ensuring over 7 million babies will never have the opportunity to celebrate even one birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood was founded on Oct. 16, 1916, by population control advocate Margaret Sanger. Though the organization\u2019s mission statement\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/about-us\/who-we-are\/mission\">today<\/a>\u00a0refers to \u201cthe fundamental right of each individual\u201d to \u201cmanage his or her fertility,\u201d Sanger was more honest about her goals in a 1934 article entitled \u201cAmerica Needs a Code for Babies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A few\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/projects\/sanger\/webedition\/app\/documents\/show.php?sangerDoc=101807.xml\">highlights<\/a> from this eugenics masterpiece include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe purpose of the American Baby Code shall be to provide for a better distribution of babies \u2026 and to protect society against the propagation and increase of the unfit.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNo woman shall have the legal right to bear a child, and no man shall have the right to become a father, without a permit for parenthood.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFeeble minded persons \u2026 and others found biologically unfit by authorities \u2026 should be sterilized or, in cases of doubt, should be so isolated as to prevent the perpetuation of their afflictions by breeding.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>And in her book \u201cWoman and the New Race,\u201d Sanger\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/1013\/5.html\">wrote<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cThe most merciful thing that the large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My guess is Planned Parenthood isn\u2019t using any of those warm and fuzzy quotes in its 100th anniversary marketing materials.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some other facts about the organization you aren\u2019t likely to see it\u00a0publicly celebrating either:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0As the country\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/reports\/2015\/09\/disentangling-the-data-on-planned-parenthood-affiliates-abortion-services-and-receipt-of-taxpayer-funding?ac=1#_ftn1\">largest<\/a> abortion provider, Planned Parenthood performs over 300,000 abortions per year. That is approximately one out of every three in the country.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0While it is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/3percent\/#numbers\">responsible<\/a> for just over 30 percent of abortions in the country, it performs less than 1\u00a0percent of Pap tests and less than 2\u00a0percent of clinical breast exams. And, for the record, Planned Parenthood does not perform mammograms.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Though the organization downplays the percentage of its business that is abortion related, the facts speak for themselves. As a Heritage Foundation\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/reports\/2015\/09\/disentangling-the-data-on-planned-parenthood-affiliates-abortion-services-and-receipt-of-taxpayer-funding?ac=1#_ftn10\">report<\/a> found, \u201cPlanned Parenthood affiliates perform about 20 abortions for every prenatal care visit and about 200 abortions for every adoption referral \u2026 \u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The organization has financially come a long way since 1916, taking in over <a href=\"http:\/\/dailysignal.com\/2016\/01\/08\/12-key-numbers-from-planned-parenthoods-new-annual-report\/\">$1.2 billion<\/a>\u00a0in revenue last year. Sadly, over $550 million of that came from taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>And despite the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2015\/09\/09\/congressional-hearing-reveals-planned-parenthood-likely-broke-laws-to-sell-aborted-babies\/\">scandal<\/a> in 2015 showing the organization was possibly in the business of selling parts of aborted babies to medical research labs, Planned Parenthood and its defenders have only grown more defiant in their demands for government dollars. (Planned Parenthood has denied illegal activity.)<\/p>\n<p>Far from respecting \u00a0\u201cthe fundamental right of each individual,\u201d Planned Parenthood has violated the most basic human right of millions of Americans\u2014the right to life. But on its 100th birthday, I\u2019m sure Margaret Sanger is very proud of what Planned Parenthood has grown up to be.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: This article originally appeared <a href=\"http:\/\/dailysignal.com\/2016\/10\/13\/margaret-sanger-would-be-proud-of-what-planned-parenthood-has-become\/\">at the Daily Signal <\/a>and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Daily Signal)\u00a0Planned Parenthood is about to celebrate its 100th birthday. It\u2019s an odd, and frankly grotesque, commemoration for an organization that is\u00a0responsible itself for ensuring over 7 million babies will never have the opportunity to celebrate even one birthday. Planned Parenthood was founded on Oct. 16, 1916, by population control advocate Margaret Sanger. 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