Spring Break
Eugenics, Racism and Planned Parenthood Go Together
Rob Casapulla
Issue date: 3/17/08 Section: Commentary
Feldt and her cohorts at organizations like Planned Parenthood certainly do work to carry on what Sanger started, however they betray her in one area. While Sanger certainly supported several racist policies and ideas, she never supported abortion as a means to prevent those "undesireables" from being brought into society. Sanger supported discriminatory immigration policies and sought methods to prevent the "human weeds" from popping up in society. She opposed the abortion lobby and the practice of abortion. She never believed that abortion could free a woman but rather saw it as a "barbaric" practice performed by "blood-sucking men with MD after their names." She referred to abortion as the "outrageous slaughter," and "the killing of babies." It would only be later that Planned Parenthood President Faye Wattleton, ironically the first black president of the organization, would add abortion to the organization's list of woman's rights.
Today Planned Parenthood stands on a foundation based on eugenics and racism. The organization, whose name still holds the mark of its founder's deep-rooted enthusiasm for eugenics and social engineering, has abandoned the one redeeming quality its founder had - her opposition to abortion and instead it has embraced this practice as an essential part of its platform.
Associate Commentary Editor Rob Casapulla is an 8th-semester political science major. He can be reached at Robert.Casapulla@UConn.edu.
Today Planned Parenthood stands on a foundation based on eugenics and racism. The organization, whose name still holds the mark of its founder's deep-rooted enthusiasm for eugenics and social engineering, has abandoned the one redeeming quality its founder had - her opposition to abortion and instead it has embraced this practice as an essential part of its platform.
Associate Commentary Editor Rob Casapulla is an 8th-semester political science major. He can be reached at Robert.Casapulla@UConn.edu.
Viewing Comments 1 - 6 of 9
MsAndry
posted 3/17/08 @ 9:40 AM EST
It's Rob again.
When I see a young man so contentiously obsessed with women's reproduction, I can't help thinking mommy didn't love him "enough". (Continued…)
JoeMorgan
posted 3/17/08 @ 1:57 PM EST
From article:
"Eugenics, Racism and Planned Parenthood Go Together."
Remember, when the politically correct use the term racism, they simply mean white Gentiles who discriminate. (Continued…)
KH
posted 3/17/08 @ 11:08 PM EST
In the end, abortion is a choice. Planned parenthood isn't going out and making people have abortions, or even pushing them. It's a quick and easy thing to do to say "Hey, they're evil, racist bastards!", instead of seeing WHY the statistics fall the way they do. (Continued…)
Kim O'Brien
posted 3/17/08 @ 11:39 PM EST
As long as were going back to year 1917 how did the October Revolution and the Bolsheviks deal with women's rights, abortion, and the right's of oppressed nationalities? Women immediately had the right to vote and full particiation in economic and political life, and the right to a medical abortion. (Continued…)
Dean Clark
posted 8/23/09 @ 1:42 PM EST
Eugenics and racism is nothing new for Planned Parenthood.
jim
posted 9/11/09 @ 1:51 PM EST
Dr. Martin Luther King and Eb DuBois both supported planned parenthood. They provide health services to people who can't go to the private clinic for what they need. (Continued…)
Post a Comment