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:She was an infanticide advocate. She founded what became planned parenthood, one of the if not the largest abortion provider in the U.S.. More than 10,000,000 African American fetuses (read: infants) have been aborted thanks to planned parenthood. Anyway, have at the article, I'll be back tomorrow. {{User:PheasantHunter/FullSig}} 01:51, 25 July 2007 (EDT)
:She was an infanticide advocate. She founded what became planned parenthood, one of the if not the largest abortion provider in the U.S.. More than 10,000,000 African American fetuses (read: infants) have been aborted thanks to planned parenthood. Anyway, have at the article, I'll be back tomorrow. {{User:PheasantHunter/FullSig}} 01:51, 25 July 2007 (EDT)
::She founded the American Birth Control League, which was folded into the National Birth Control League (which later became Planned Parenthood). (Saying she founded Planned Parenthood is just factually wrong, in this case. She was heavily involved in its early days, but her organization was actually subsumed by PP.) Planned Parenthood didn't perform any abortions until after Sanger's death; the Supreme Court didn't even strike down laws prohibiting contraceptive use by married couples until shortly before her death.
::She was a sick person, and had some extremist, repulsive views. Let's try our best to stick to attributing to her the views she actually held, instead of the views held by those she associated with, though. [[User:AManInBlack|AManInBlack]] 02:07, 25 July 2007 (EDT)
== Sanger and Abortion ==
== Sanger and Abortion ==
The link between Sanger and abortion is strong. {{User:PheasantHunter/FullSig}} 01:59, 25 July 2007 (EDT)
The link between Sanger and abortion is strong. {{User:PheasantHunter/FullSig}} 01:59, 25 July 2007 (EDT)
:<nowiki>*sigh*</nowiki> I was hoping that we could avoid shrillness here. She argued for infanticide, and if we were going to add a category for advocates of infanticide, I wouldn't (based on what I've read, I'm still digging) oppose it. She drew a distinction between abortion and infanticide, and opposed abortion.
:As for founding Planned Parenthood (which she didn't, but that's quibbling, since she was one of its defining voices in its early years), lots of organizations become something other than what their founders want them to be. AFAICT from what sources I've read (and, please, I'd love to see some better info on her view of abortion post-1930) Planned Parenthood began dealing with abortion after her death. [[User:AManInBlack|AManInBlack]] 02:07, 25 July 2007 (EDT)