On the question of “Reproductive Rights” the still venerated
pioneers of “Planned Parenthood” Margaret Sanger in the USA and
Marie Stopes in Britain did not espouse “Freedom of Choice.”
They vehemently opposed it. Both advocated forced sterilisation, Sanger
with great success, Stopes unsuccessfully in Britain. How Marie Stopes
International fared I don’t know. Both were against the poor, and the
“lesser breeds” amongst whom they both numbered black and
“coloured” people. Stopes reserved
her greatest hatred for Irish Catholics. Her numerous writings suggest that she
reserved all of her love for Marie Stopes alone.
Though Sanger purported to abhor ignorance her successors at Planned Parenthood
oppose ultra-sound scans in early pregnancy lest the mother hear her child’s
heartbeat and soften her own heart towards that of her child and
consequently decide it be allowed to continue beating.
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