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As is common with progressives, Sanger believed that big government must have a role.
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'''Margaret Sanger''' (September 14, 1879 - September 6, 1966) was an American [[feminist]] and [[eugenics]] activist who founded the [[American Birth Control League]]. She retired from the organization in 1940 and it eventually became [[Planned Parenthood]]. Her main success was in bringing discussions of [[Birth Control]] into the public arena. She blamed large families for all of the ills of society,<ref name=moralityandbirthcontrol>[https://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/webedition/app/documents/show.php?sangerDoc=213391.xml MORALITY AND BIRTH CONTROL]</ref> and argued that a major reason to promote birth control was to stop abortions.<ref>[https://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/webedition/app/documents/show.php?sangerDoc=232534.xml BIRTH CONTROL OR ABORTION?],</ref> She was vigorously denounced by the Catholic Church because of her position on birth control.
'''Margaret Sanger''' (September 14, 1879 - September 6, 1966) was an American [[feminist]] and [[eugenics]] activist who founded the [[American Birth Control League]]. She retired from the organization in 1940 and it eventually became [[Planned Parenthood]]. Her main success was in bringing discussions of [[Birth Control]] into the public arena. She blamed large families for all of the ills of society,<ref name=moralityandbirthcontrol>[https://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/webedition/app/documents/show.php?sangerDoc=213391.xml MORALITY AND BIRTH CONTROL]</ref> and argued that a major reason to promote birth control was to stop abortions.<ref>[https://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/webedition/app/documents/show.php?sangerDoc=232534.xml BIRTH CONTROL OR ABORTION?],</ref> She was vigorously denounced by the Catholic Church because of her position on birth control.
As is common with progressives, Sanger believed that [[big government]] must have a role.<ref name=biggovernment>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19641116&id=VL0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NO0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1088,175817 Founder pessimistic about birth control]</ref>
==Early life and family==
==Early life and family==
==Quotes==
==Quotes==
[[Image:Sanger 1961.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Margaret Sanger in 1961]]
[[Image:Sanger 1961.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Margaret Sanger in 1961]]
* "I just don't see how we can control the birth rate until we get the government to agree that this is something that should be taken seriously. Other countries feel that if our country is against it, it must be bad. Americans would be much more acceptable when they go abroad to work on the problem if we get our government to okay it under population control." <ref name=biggovernment />
* "The most merciful thing that the large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it." <ref>{{hnb|Sanger|1920|p=63}}, see also [http://www.bartleby.com/1013/5.html Transcript.]</ref>
* "The most merciful thing that the large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it." <ref>{{hnb|Sanger|1920|p=63}}, see also [http://www.bartleby.com/1013/5.html Transcript.]</ref>
* "All of our problems are the result of overbreeding among the working class, and if morality is to mean anything at all to us, we must regard all the changes which tend toward the uplift and survival of the human race as moral." <ref name=moralityandbirthcontrol />
* "All of our problems are the result of overbreeding among the working class, and if morality is to mean anything at all to us, we must regard all the changes which tend toward the uplift and survival of the human race as moral." <ref name=moralityandbirthcontrol />