{"id":229332,"date":"2020-08-21T23:25:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T04:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=229332"},"modified":"2020-08-26T16:01:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T21:01:32","slug":"planned-parenthood-racist-affiliates-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-racist-affiliates-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Planned Parenthood racist? See what its own affiliates had to say."},"content":{"rendered":"
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(STOPP International<\/a>)\u00a0In July 2020, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York announced that it was removing Margaret Sanger\u2019s name from its clinic in Manhattan, New York City. The reason PPGNY gave for the action was that Sanger was a racist.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood Federation of America said it supported the New York affiliate\u2019s decision to strike Sanger\u2019s name from the center. Melanie Roussell Newman, Senior Vice President of Communications and Culture at the racist Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said: \u201cPlanned Parenthood \u2026 is reckoning with our history, and working to address historical inequities to better serve patients and our mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

Five separate Planned Parenthood affiliates across the country have issued statements on this. Unlike PPFA headquarters, most of these affiliates noted that not only was Planned Parenthood involved with historical racism, but that racism still permeates the organization today.<\/p>\n

Below we present excerpts from the five statements, along with a link to the full statement from each affiliate. In most cases, the statement came from the affiliate organization, published on its website, not from one particular spokesperson.<\/p>\n

We call your attention to the words these organizations chose to use about Planned Parenthood. We added the underlining to the statements to emphasize words like racist, white dominant, harm, white supremacy (past and present), bias, and structural racism.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

“The removal of Margaret Sanger\u2019s name from our building is both a\u00a0necessary and overdue\u00a0step to reckon with our legacy\u00a0and acknowledge Planned Parenthood\u2019s contributions to historical reproductive harm within communities of color\u00a0\u2026 Margaret Sanger\u2019s concerns and advocacy for reproductive health have been clearly documented, but so too has\u00a0her racist legacy.\u00a0\u00a0There is overwhelming evidence for Sanger\u2019s deep belief in eugenic ideology \u2026 Removing her name is an important step toward representing who we are as an organization and who we serve \u2026 we will<\/em><\/p>\n

1. Divest from and\u00a0dismantle white dominant\u00a0organizational cultural norms and values<\/p>\n

2. Adopt Individual and Institutional practices that value people of color><\/p>\n

3. Center communities of color voice, experience and knowledge of self<\/p>\n

4. Build accountable relationships with communities of color”<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood of Pacific Southwest<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n