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The Hope Clinic reference and the "propaganized" version of the lead
*Well, yes...it will drive you mad if one attempts to keep up with current conventions, or inaccurate ones! --[[User:TK|<small>Sysop-</small>TK]] <sub>[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]</sub> 15:36, 25 July 2007 (EDT)
*Well, yes...it will drive you mad if one attempts to keep up with current conventions, or inaccurate ones! --[[User:TK|<small>Sysop-</small>TK]] <sub>[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]</sub> 15:36, 25 July 2007 (EDT)
== The Hope Clinic reference and the "propaganized" version of the lead ==
[http://www.hopeclinic.com/AbortionHistory.htm Hope Clinic]'s history of abortion is not a useful reference for this article. In particular, they even get the names of things wrong:
"1942 – Margaret Sanger’s Birth Control Federation of America becomes Planned Parenthood Federation of America."
There was no Birth Control Federation of America. The ''National'' Birth Control ''League'' was founded by Mary Ware Dennett in 1915. Sanger founded the American Birth Control League, which folded into the NBCL to make a single group that was variously called the NBCL or ABCL until 1942, when it becomes Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
We need to be very careful about using non-historical sources - particularly the many shrill, partisan sources on both sides - in this article. There's a tendency for pro-choice people to to say "She supported legalization of birth control, so she's a champion of reproductive rights!" as well as this pro-life tendency to say "She was a racist and founded Planned Parenthood, she's a horrible babykilling monster!" when neither side is right.
Additionally, [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Margaret_Sanger&oldid=249661 this version] of the lead doesn't mention her nationality, doesn't mention her eugenics beliefs until halfway in, and uses the loaded and inaccurate term "propaganized." Near as I can tell, she just came out and said that non-white races were inferior and should be marginalized because she felt they were inferior. Arguing for a hateful, ugly idea isn't propaganda automatically. [[User:AManInBlack|AManInBlack]] 19:22, 25 July 2007 (EDT)