{"id":225816,"date":"2020-06-25T14:57:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T19:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=225816"},"modified":"2021-07-14T22:05:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T03:05:21","slug":"planned-parenthood-reckoning-racist-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-reckoning-racist-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood has never been serious about &#8216;reckoning&#8217; with its &#8216;racist history&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>In the early days of Planned Parenthood, the Black community was highly <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-president-decriminalize-abortion\/\">suspicious<\/a>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0efforts to promote birth control among their neighborhoods<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with many accusing the corporation of &#8220;Black genocide.&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Planned Parenthood, aware that it had to hide its real agenda of eugenics through efforts like the Negro Project, chose to recruit Black leaders to quell this unease. At that time,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0civil rights activist Malcolm X <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/black-leaders-abortion-black-genocide\/\">encouraged<\/a> Planned Parenthood to move away from using the term &#8220;birth control&#8221; &#8212; which evoked ideas of &#8220;control&#8221; in the Black community &#8212; to the term &#8220;family planning.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span>The Black community&#8217;s suspicions weren&#8217;t without cause&#8230; and the Black community should remain suspicious of Planned Parenthood.\u00a0After all, how can an organization founded on the idea of halting the reproduction of certain people groups ever disavow its racism while it still disproportionately kills the children of minority women?<\/p>\n<p>The corporation&#8217;s founder, Margaret Sanger, was an avowed eugenicist\u00a0who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/how-planned-parenthood-abortion-corporation\/\">met with<\/a> members of the Ku Klux Klan, sought to merge her organization with the eugenics movement, and advocated for the eugenic sterilization of those deemed &#8220;unfit.&#8221; She was so steeped in eugenics that she recruited leaders from that movement for her American Birth Control League (later Planned Parenthood) board, including Lothrop Stoddard, a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-founder-board-non-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">white supremacist<\/a> and\u00a0the Exalted Cyclops of the Massachusetts <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/racist-laughingstock-debate-planned-parenthood-board\/\">chapter<\/a> of the Klan. One of Sanger&#8217;s financiers was Proctor and Gamble heir\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.angelafranks.com\/margaret-sanger-and-planned-parenthood\/2016\/11\/14\/clarence-gamble-sangers-racist-friend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clarence Gamble<\/a>, also a staunch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pop.org\/betting-with-lives-clarence-gamble-and-the-pathfinder-international\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advocate<\/a> of eugenics, to whom she wrote about her plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/how-planned-parenthood-abortion-corporation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">use<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Black ministers to further her agenda in the Black community. In her <a href=\"https:\/\/libex.smith.edu\/omeka\/files\/original\/d6358bc3053c93183295bf2df1c0c931.pdf\">letter to Gamble<\/a>, she insisted that recruiting a Black doctor as well as Black ministers to the &#8220;family planning&#8221; cause was an absolute must:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8230; [W]hile the colored Negros have great respect for white doctors they can get closer to their own members and more or less lay their cards on the table which means their ignorance, superstitions and doubts. They do not do this with the white people and if we can train the Negro doctor at the Clinic he can go among them with enthusiasm and with knowledge, which, I believe, will have far-reaching results among the colored people&#8230;. His success will depend upon his personality and his training by us.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The ministers work is also important and also he should be trained&#8230; as to our ideals and the goal that we hope to reach. We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Given the recent civil unrest triggered by Minnesota police officers&#8217; murder of a Black man, George Floyd, Planned Parenthood now appears to be slowly purging Sanger&#8217;s name from its facilities, after embracing her wholeheartedly for over 100 years.\u00a0The move\u00a0follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-eugenicist-founder-name-awards\/\">separate purge<\/a> of Sanger&#8217;s name\u00a0from its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/about-us\/newsroom\/campaigns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prestigious<\/a> Margaret Sanger Award.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the course of its history, Planned Parenthood <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/timing-planned-parenthoods-1966-award-mlk-suspicious\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">awarded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0many influential Black leaders, and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-president-decriminalize-abortion\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">added<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Black <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-suspicion-black-genocide\/\">men and women to its board<\/a> to thwart accusations of racism<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Today, the abortion corporation&#8217;s acting president is a Black woman. And yet,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">none of this erases the fact that the corporation <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-first-abortion-center\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">embraced abortion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to efforts by a eugenicist\u2014past president\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/former-planned-parenthood-prez-alan-guttmacher-population-control-coercion-limiting-births\/\">Alan Guttmacher,<\/a>\u00a0a former VP of the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-population-control-abortion\/\">American Eugenics Society<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/black-pro-life-leader-abortion-womb-lynching\/\">Black pro-life leader says aborting Black babies is \u2018womb lynching\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a June 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PPFA\/status\/1267602483628707841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a>, Planned Parenthood vowed to &#8220;[r]eckon publicly with [its] racist history,&#8221; writing, &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">To our Black patients, supporters, and colleagues across the country and the Black community whose lives, health, and safety are constantly under attack, Planned Parenthood stands with you. <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hashtag_click\">#BlackLivesMatter<\/a><\/span>&#8230; Our commitments to you are to: \u2192 Reckon publicly with our own racist history&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_225818\" style=\"width: 472px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225818\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-225818\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-tweets-on-their-own-racist-histort-Twitter-June-1-2020.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood tweets on their own racist history (Image: Twitter June 1,2020)\" width=\"462\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-tweets-on-their-own-racist-histort-Twitter-June-1-2020.jpg 603w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-tweets-on-their-own-racist-histort-Twitter-June-1-2020-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-tweets-on-their-own-racist-histort-Twitter-June-1-2020-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-tweets-on-their-own-racist-histort-Twitter-June-1-2020-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-tweets-on-their-own-racist-histort-Twitter-June-1-2020-500x503.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-225818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood tweets on their own racist history (Image: Twitter June 1,2020)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Planned Parenthood has had ample opportunity to address its racist past, yet it hasn&#8217;t. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PlannedParenthood\/photos\/a.401411729874877\/1466077556741617\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016<\/a>, Planned Parenthood wrote on Facebook, &#8220;As we enter our second century, this is an important moment for Planned Parenthood to acknowledge histories of racism and ableism.&#8221; In 2017, then-Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards wrote at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@CecileRichards\/why-charlottesville-is-our-fight-too-9314dce947ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medium.com<\/a>, <em>&#8220;<\/em>People of color have led the fight against racism for generations, but we all have a\u00a0responsibility\u00a0to tear out the foundations of racism wherever we find it: in ourselves, our communities and our organizations,\u00a0<u>including Planned Parenthood<\/u>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_226008\" style=\"width: 745px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226008\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-226008\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Margarey-Sanger-Center-New-York-26-Bleecker-Street-Google-Street-view-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood Margaret Sanger Center New York 26 Bleecker St (Image: Google Street view 2019) \" width=\"735\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Margarey-Sanger-Center-New-York-26-Bleecker-Street-Google-Street-view-2019.jpg 1292w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Margarey-Sanger-Center-New-York-26-Bleecker-Street-Google-Street-view-2019-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Margarey-Sanger-Center-New-York-26-Bleecker-Street-Google-Street-view-2019-768x392.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Margarey-Sanger-Center-New-York-26-Bleecker-Street-Google-Street-view-2019-700x357.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Margarey-Sanger-Center-New-York-26-Bleecker-Street-Google-Street-view-2019-500x255.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-226008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood&#8217;s Margaret Sanger Center in New York, 26 Bleecker St (Image: Google Street view 2019)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Planned Parenthood facilities have displayed Sanger&#8217;s name for years<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If Planned Parenthood had been sincere in 2016 or 2017, why did the corporation keep Sanger&#8217;s name on its abortion facilities\u2014 even now, three to four years later? As of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200609175600\/https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/health-center\/new-york\/new-york\/10012\/margaret-sanger-center-3325-91110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 9, 2020<\/a>, Planned Parenthood&#8217;s website still referred to the New York City facility on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/planned-parenthood-margaret-sanger-health-center-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bleecker Street<\/a>\u00a0as the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20141015050448\/https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/planned-parenthood-new-york-city\/who-we-are\/our-history\">Margaret Sanger Center<\/a>. Sometime within the past two weeks, the website has changed the center&#8217;s name to Manhattan Health Center of NY. This facility is operated by Planned Parenthood Greater New York. PPGNY&#8217;s CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employees-planned-parenthood-affiliate-removal-ceo\/\">recently came under fire<\/a> from employees who <a href=\"https:\/\/saveppgny.wordpress.com\/\">accused<\/a> her of &#8220;abusive behavior, systemic racism, and financial mismanagement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_225819\" style=\"width: 677px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225819\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-225819\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PP-GNYC-called-Margaret-Sanger-Center-until-early-June-2020.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Screen of Planned Parenthood NY Margaret Sanger Center website June 9, 2020 \" width=\"667\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PP-GNYC-called-Margaret-Sanger-Center-until-early-June-2020.jpg 1505w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PP-GNYC-called-Margaret-Sanger-Center-until-early-June-2020-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PP-GNYC-called-Margaret-Sanger-Center-until-early-June-2020-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PP-GNYC-called-Margaret-Sanger-Center-until-early-June-2020-700x356.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PP-GNYC-called-Margaret-Sanger-Center-until-early-June-2020-500x254.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-225819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood NY Margaret Sanger Center website &#8211; June 9, 2020<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180516183437\/https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/health-center\/arizona\/tucson\/85712\/margaret-sanger-health-center-3261-90030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May of 2018<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180516183437\/https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/health-center\/arizona\/tucson\/85712\/margaret-sanger-health-center-3261-90030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Margaret Sanger Center of Tucson<\/a>\u00a0was renamed the Southern Arizona Regional Health Center of Tucson. \u00a0That facility had borne Sanger&#8217;s name since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/embryo.asu.edu\/pages\/planned-parenthood-center-tucson-1950-1977\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1971<\/a>, and had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/projects\/sanger\/articles\/ms_arizona_years.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">honored<\/a> Margaret Sanger as &#8220;Woman of the Century&#8221; in\u00a01965.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_225820\" style=\"width: 666px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225820\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-225820\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tucson-AZ-PP-previously-formerly-Margaret-Sanger-Center.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Tucson AZ Planned Parenthood previously formerly Margaret Sanger Center\" width=\"656\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tucson-AZ-PP-previously-formerly-Margaret-Sanger-Center.jpg 1524w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tucson-AZ-PP-previously-formerly-Margaret-Sanger-Center-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tucson-AZ-PP-previously-formerly-Margaret-Sanger-Center-768x399.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tucson-AZ-PP-previously-formerly-Margaret-Sanger-Center-700x364.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tucson-AZ-PP-previously-formerly-Margaret-Sanger-Center-500x260.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-225820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tucson AZ Planned Parenthood previously formerly Margaret Sanger Center<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As of June 22, 2020, Planned Parenthood of Arizona&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/planned-parenthood-arizona\/about-us\/our-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">About Us<\/a>&#8221; page still paid homage to Sanger as &#8220;a pioneer and founder of the family planning movement in the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes in New York also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weny.com\/story\/36245756\/planned-parenthood-speaks-about-programs-many-not-know-about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bore<\/a> Sanger&#8217;s name as recently as 2017:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_226050\" style=\"width: 694px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weny.com\/story\/36245756\/planned-parenthood-speaks-about-programs-many-not-know-about\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226050\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-226050\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-Finger-Lakes-in-NY-displays-name-Margaret-Sanger-Image-WENY.jpg\" alt=\"Image:Planned Parenthood Finger Lakes in NY displays name Margaret Sanger (Image: WENY)\" width=\"684\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-Finger-Lakes-in-NY-displays-name-Margaret-Sanger-Image-WENY.jpg 1308w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-Finger-Lakes-in-NY-displays-name-Margaret-Sanger-Image-WENY-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-Finger-Lakes-in-NY-displays-name-Margaret-Sanger-Image-WENY-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-Finger-Lakes-in-NY-displays-name-Margaret-Sanger-Image-WENY-700x353.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-Finger-Lakes-in-NY-displays-name-Margaret-Sanger-Image-WENY-500x252.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-226050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood Finger Lakes in NY displays name Margaret Sanger (Image: WENY)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Planned Parenthood has long\u00a0boasted of its founder on its website<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On its website, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) paints a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/about-us\/who-we-are\/our-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">positive image<\/a>\u00a0of &#8220;nurse, educator, and founder&#8221; Margaret Sanger, writing that her &#8220;activism changed the world,&#8221; neglecting to mention her eugenic philosophies:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_225823\" style=\"width: 785px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225823\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-225823\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-FA-history-Margaret-Sanger-accessed-06172020.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood FA history Margaret Sanger accessed 06172020\" width=\"775\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-FA-history-Margaret-Sanger-accessed-06172020.jpg 1073w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-FA-history-Margaret-Sanger-accessed-06172020-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-FA-history-Margaret-Sanger-accessed-06172020-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-FA-history-Margaret-Sanger-accessed-06172020-700x513.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-FA-history-Margaret-Sanger-accessed-06172020-500x366.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-225823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood FA history Margaret Sanger accessed 06172020<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Planned Parenthood&#8217;s fundraising efforts bear Sanger&#8217;s name\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weeks <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200622174036\/https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/planned-parenthood-southwest-central-florida\/donate\/giving-societies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after<\/a> Planned Parenthood&#8217;s tweet, Planned Parenthood of Florida website still listed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/planned-parenthood-southwest-central-florida\/donate\/giving-societies\">Margaret Sanger Legacy Society<\/a> among its &#8220;giving societies,&#8221;<\/span>\u00a0funded by the &#8220;legacy gifts&#8221; of wills, real estate, charitable trusts, and more,\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;to plan for the future growth and stability of [their] programs.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood of Minnesota also continues to use Sanger&#8217;s name for its donors&#8217; group, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/planned-parenthood-north-central-states\/ways-to-give\/planned-giving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Margaret Sanger Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood of SE Pennsylvania&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/4d\/33\/4d3379ec-7f1d-4d68-8b5d-ab59f50a0eae\/this_oneppsp_annual_report_2019_fnl_web_new.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019 Annual Report<\/a>\u00a0honors top donors with a notation in its &#8220;Margaret Sanger Circle,&#8221; a group <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pennsylvania-verbally-harasses-pro-life-woman\/planned-parenthood-se-pa-margaret-sanger-circle-ar-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recognized<\/a>\u00a0by this name for <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pennsylvania-verbally-harasses-pro-life-woman\/planned-parenthood-southeastern-pennsylvania-margaret-sanger-circle-annual-report-2017-to-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">years<\/a>.\u00a0The &#8220;Margaret Sanger Circle&#8221; has also been a distinction for donors to other Planned Parenthood affiliates, including <a href=\"https:\/\/houston.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/planned-parenthood-gulf-coast-gala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/files\/4213\/9896\/2457\/2012-2013_AnnualReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Utah<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/files\/5814\/0197\/5242\/PPAMA_Spring2012_news_June5_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massachusetts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myneworleans.com\/playing-it-safe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louisiana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/82\/36\/8236fe0e-a241-4eb6-80fe-17ac22b67738\/2009ar.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161202075907\/https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/files\/6614\/2246\/9580\/AR2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a>. Planned Parenthood continues to display Sanger&#8217;s face on its 100 Years Strong <a href=\"https:\/\/100years.plannedparenthood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, and in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/93\/09\/9309ad67-deb6-464a-8f78-b191c47ed042\/july_quarterly_newsletter_2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018<\/a>, Planned Parenthood of Northern California quoted Margaret Sanger without a hint of apology for her racist past.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_225826\" style=\"width: 1283px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225826\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-225826\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-PA-donors-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-2019-AR-accessed-06172020.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood PA donors Margaret Sanger Circle 2019 AR accessed 06172020\" width=\"1273\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-PA-donors-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-2019-AR-accessed-06172020.jpg 1273w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-PA-donors-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-2019-AR-accessed-06172020-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-PA-donors-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-2019-AR-accessed-06172020-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-PA-donors-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-2019-AR-accessed-06172020-700x393.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-PA-donors-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-2019-AR-accessed-06172020-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1273px) 100vw, 1273px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-225826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood PA donors Margaret Sanger Circle 2019 AR accessed 06172020<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today, this eugenics-based organization, which still targets the Black community, has become the largest abortion provider in the nation, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-anything-womens-health-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">committing<\/a> nearly 40% of all abortions in the U.S. And according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/68\/ss\/pdfs\/ss6811a1-H.pdf\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>,\u00a0Black women account for <strong>38% of reported abortions<\/strong>, while Black Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/other\/state-indicator\/distribution-by-raceethnicity\/?dataView=0&amp;currentTimeframe=2&amp;selectedDistributions=black&amp;sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">make up<\/a>\u00a0just 12% of the U.S. population.<\/p>\n<p>While Planned Parenthood attempts to slowly purge Sanger from places of honor within its organization, it is clear that her legacy of eugenics continues. These recent name removals and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/racism-planned-parenthood-fires-ceo\/\">changes in leadership<\/a> are quite possibly just more window dressing for an organization that has always existed to rid the world of those considered by the ruling elite as &#8220;unfit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/?ref=br_rs\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early days of Planned Parenthood, the Black community was highly suspicious\u00a0of\u00a0efforts to promote birth control among their neighborhoods, with many accusing the corporation of &#8220;Black genocide.&#8221;\u00a0Planned Parenthood, aware that it had to hide its real agenda of eugenics through efforts like the Negro Project, chose to recruit Black leaders to quell this unease. 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