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Line 1: − According to [[Michael Crichton]], Sanger was a supporter of [[eugenics]]. + − He quotes her as having − said, − "Fostering the good-for-nothing at the expense of the good is an extreme cruelty … there is no greater curse to posterity than that of bequeathing them an increasing population of imbeciles." − *'She spoke of the burden of caring for "this dead weight of human waste."' [http://www.michaelcrichton.net/fear/index.html]+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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Margaret Sanger lived from September 14, 1879 until September 6, 1966. She was the founder of the American Birth Control League, known today as Planned Parenthood.
Margaret Sanger lived from September 14, 1879 until September 6, 1966. She was the founder of the American Birth Control League, known today as Planned Parenthood.
==Statements by founder Margaret Sanger==
"The most merciful thing that the large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it." <ref>http://www.missionariestopreborn.com/ppMerciful.htm</ref>
"the masses of Negroes... particularly in the South, still breed carelessly and disastrously, with the result that the increase among Negroes, even more than among whites, is from that portion of the population least intelligent and fit..."<ref>http://www.jonentine.com/reviews/american_enterprises.htm</ref>
"We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members." <ref>http://www.citizenreviewonline.org/special_issues/population/the_negro_project.htm</ref>
"Before eugenists and others who are laboring for racial betterment can succeed,
they must first clear the way for Birth Control. Like the advocates of Birth Control,
the eugenists, for instance, are seeking to assist the race toward the elimination of the unfit. Both are seeking a single end but they lay emphasis upon different methods. …"
<ref>http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/hypatia/v022/22.2sanger.html</ref>
In Margaret Sanger's book ''The Pivot of Civilization'' she called for the elimination of "human weeds," for the segregation of "morons, misfits, and maladjusted," and for the sterilization of "genetically inferior races." <ref>http://www.ewtn.com/library/prolife/pp04a.txt</ref> Sanger also stated in this book that organized attempts to assist the poor were the "surest sign that our civilization has bred, is breeding, and is perpetuating. . . defectives, delinquents, and dependents." <ref>http://www.ewtn.com/library/prolife/pp04a.txt</ref>
According to [[Michael Crichton]], Sanger was a supporter of [[eugenics]]. He quotes her as having said, "Fostering the good-for-nothing at the expense of the good is an extreme cruelty … there is no greater curse to posterity than that of bequeathing them an increasing population of imbeciles." <ref>http://www.michaelcrichton.net/fear/index.html</ref>
Crichton also writes that 'She spoke of the burden of caring for "this dead weight of human waste."' <ref>http://www.michaelcrichton.net/fear/index.html</ref>