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The Second Klan, an organization which outspokenly extolled eugenics, promoted fearmongering of "inferior stock" replacing "superior" groups. Although earlier race demagogues accused upper-class women for having insufficient children, the KKK did not denounce birth control, and feared that black birth rates were too high.<ref>Gordon, Linda (October 15, 2017). ''Threat to Democracy: The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s: A Warning from History''. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref> Many Klan members were instead prone to supporting contraception, most notably evident in Sanger's invitation to speak before the Silver Lake, New Jersey group.
 
The Second Klan, an organization which outspokenly extolled eugenics, promoted fearmongering of "inferior stock" replacing "superior" groups. Although earlier race demagogues accused upper-class women for having insufficient children, the KKK did not denounce birth control, and feared that black birth rates were too high.<ref>Gordon, Linda (October 15, 2017). ''Threat to Democracy: The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s: A Warning from History''. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref> Many Klan members were instead prone to supporting contraception, most notably evident in Sanger's invitation to speak before the Silver Lake, New Jersey group.
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[[Lothrop Stoddard]], a prominent birth control activist from [[Massachusetts]], was invited to the first meeting of the fifteen-member National Council board of directors of the American Birth Control League by Sanger.<ref>Franks, Angela (2005). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Margaret_Sanger_s_Eugenic_Legacy/UBJWsbEHmT4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=lothrop+stoddard+margaret+sanger&printsec=frontcover Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Legacy: The Control of Female Fertility]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref> According to ''Hearst's International'' in 1923, there was "documentary evidence" that Stoddard was an [[Exalted Cyclops]] of the Ku Klux Klan.<ref>1923. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hearst_s_International/MwLnAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=lothrop+stoddard+exalted+cyclops&pg=RA1-PA10&printsec=frontcover Hearst's International: Vol. 44], p. 10. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref> Stoddard was an outspoken white supremacist demagogue who invented the [[great replacement hoax]] along with conservationist Madison Grant and strongly opposed immigration, particularly among Eastern Europeans who he viewed as inferior.<ref>Chalmers, David M. (1987). [https://archive.org/details/hoodedamericanis00chal/page/270 Hooded Americanism: The History of the Ku Klux Klan]. ''Internet Archive''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref> His virulent racism influenced Nazi eugenics and are glorified in the present day by the "[[alt-right]]."<ref>Silberman, James (April 10, 2017). [https://thefederalist.com/2017/04/10/planned-parenthoods-founder-original-alt-right-supremacist/ Planned Parenthood’s Founder Is The Original Alt-Right Supremacist]. ''The Federalist''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref>
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[[Lothrop Stoddard]], a prominent birth control activist from [[Massachusetts]], was invited to the first meeting of the fifteen-member National Council board of directors of the American Birth Control League by Sanger.<ref>Franks, Angela (2005). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Margaret_Sanger_s_Eugenic_Legacy/UBJWsbEHmT4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=lothrop+stoddard+margaret+sanger&printsec=frontcover Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Legacy: The Control of Female Fertility]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref> According to ''Hearst's International'' in 1923, there was "documentary evidence" that Stoddard was an [[Exalted Cyclops]] of the Ku Klux Klan.<ref>1923. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hearst_s_International/MwLnAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=lothrop+stoddard+exalted+cyclops&pg=RA1-PA10&printsec=frontcover Hearst's International: Vol. 44], p. 10. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref> Stoddard was an outspoken white supremacist demagogue who invented the [[great replacement hoax]] along with conservationist Madison Grant and strongly opposed immigration, particularly among Eastern Europeans and Asians who he viewed as inferior.<ref>Chalmers, David M. (1987). [https://archive.org/details/hoodedamericanis00chal/page/270 Hooded Americanism: The History of the Ku Klux Klan]. ''Internet Archive''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref><ref>Cleveland, Margot (August 21, 2017). [https://thefederalist.com/2017/08/21/nazis-support-abortion-gun-control-speech-codes-describes-left/ Nazis Support Abortion, Gun Control, And Speech Codes. That Describes The Left]. ''The Federalist''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref> His virulent racism influenced Nazi eugenics and are glorified in the present day by the "[[alt-right]]."<ref>Silberman, James (April 10, 2017). [https://thefederalist.com/2017/04/10/planned-parenthoods-founder-original-alt-right-supremacist/ Planned Parenthood’s Founder Is The Original Alt-Right Supremacist]. ''The Federalist''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref>
    
===Eugenics in Oregon, 1920s–40s===
 
===Eugenics in Oregon, 1920s–40s===
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