I intend to be out on the front lines of our issues. That is why
I'm here ... Right now, we have three clinics in this city and I want
ten more. We currently have a small storefront office in central
Harlem, and it is my first priority to see if we can transform that
into a clinic ... With all her success, my grandmother left some
unfinished business, and I intend to finish it.
Margaret Sanger's grandson, Alexander C. Sanger.[1]
Planned Parenthood's 'Accomplishments.'
Planned Parenthood's love affair with Socialism has become more
than a harmless upper middle-class hobby and now borders on the
ludicrous.
Wall Street Journal editorial, December 19, 1984.
It is impossible to say enough about or against Planned
Parenthood, undoubtedly the most dangerous anti-life organization in the
world.
Operating behind the respectable facade of a public service agency,
it has expended more than $2,000,000,000 (two billion
dollars) of our tax dollars to accomplish the following;
it commits more abortions per year (130,000+) and refer for
more abortions per year (100,000+) than any other organization in the
United States;
it was and is the prime mover for the 'sexual
revolution' in this and many other countries;
it has undercut parental rights to an unprecedented degree
through the courts, so that now a teenage girl may fornicate, get
birth control devices, and obtain unlimited free taxpayer-funded
abortions without her parents even knowing;
it is extending U.S. 'contraceptive imperialism' throughout the
world, in more than 70 countries, frequently in direct contravention
to these countries' beliefs and traditions;
it has proudly declared itself in the forefront for abortion
'rights,' while shrilly denouncing all who oppose them (even Mother
Teresa)!
it opposes any restrictions on third-trimester abortions, fetal
disposal, and any efforts to spare the baby any pain or suffering. For
example, PP of Southwestern Indiana fired 18-year Medical Director Dr.
Roger Newton when it learned of his support for a bill requiring
"humane disposal of fetal remains." Newton grumbled
"Unless you are willing to be absolutely pro-abortion, then
evidently you are not welcomed."[2]
it proposed making all abortions free (taxpayer funded), and
applauds the program of forced abortions in China; and
it has even proposed a program of involuntary sterilization and
forced abortions for implementation in the United States!
The threat posed by Planned Parenthood has been clearly recognized by
clear thinkers for decades. Immediately following World War II, General
Henry C. Evans sounded the warning;
The [Planned Parenthood] movement is insidious because its authors
are generally respected citizens, leaders in their communities in
civil affairs. It is a danger because it advocates breaking the
Natural Law and Moral Law. Whenever in history a people have broken
such a law, their civilization has perished.
It is hard to convince the advocates of this modern form of race
suicide of the error of their ways. Logic does not touch them.
Statistics make no impression. These persons give little thought to
history or experience. Warnings not to tamper with nature are wasted.
They turn a deaf ear to the appeals of religious or moral or spiritual
motives.
They call themselves patriotic. Yet they see nothing wrong with a
cause that eventually decimates our beloved country. Our returning
soldiers, who risked their lives on foreign soil, have a right to
object to the suicide of our race, the inevitable result of any
further headway made by the Planned Parenthood Movement.[3]
Planned Parenthood's Ultimate Goals.
Increasingly, Planned Parenthood is viewing radical feminists as
obstacles, not allies ... the clear thrust of these [Planned
Parenthood] policies is to provide contraception and sterilization
services, not to further women's control of their own reproduction,
but to halt the population growth of poor nations ... in the first
eight months of 1980, Planned Parenthood shipped 15 million packages
of contraceptive pills, 300,000 intra-uterine devices, and 2000
sterilization kits to other countries. That sounds like population
control, noted Cindy Pearson of the Feminist Women's Health Center ...
Planned Parenthood favors two methods of contraception above all
others: sterilization and use of the dangerous hormone-like drug
Depo-Provera.
The Guardian.[4]
The above list of atrocities committed by Planned Parenthood could be
extended endlessly. The ultimate goal of the International Planned
Parenthood Federation, with a annual worldwide budget of more than
$1,000,000,000, is the reduction of God's gift of sexuality to a
mechanical tool of pleasure. PP hopes to separate God and morals totally
from this critical function, and would like to provide free
contraceptives, sterilization, and abortion for everyone in its brave,
sterile new world.
As Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger stated, "Our
objective is unlimited sexual gratification without the burden of
unwanted children."
Chapters 65 through 68 provide information on Planned Parenthood's
history, including the views of its founder, Margaret Sanger; gives
statistics on its United States abortion activities, and lists many
quotes by Planned Parenthood spokesmen quotes of great use to pro-life
debaters, because they paint an accurate picture of PP's anti-life and
anti-God philosophy and goals.
References: Planned Parenthood (General).
[1] Margaret Sanger's grandson, Alexander C. Sanger, became President
and Chief Executive Officer of Planned Parenthood of New York City in
January of 1991. This organization has a budget of $18 million a year
and 250 workers. Sanger made the above boast in "Another Sanger
Leads Planned Parenthood." The New York Times, January 23,
1991, page B2.
[2] Frontline Updates. "PPFA Official Fired for Supporting
"Humane Disposal" of Aborted Babies." National Right
to Life News, May 16, 1985, page 4.
[3] Brigadier General Henry C. Evans. Shall We Have Children? The
Ethical Aspects of the Planned Parenthood Movement. New York: Evars
Press, September 1947, page 7.
[4] The Guardian, a New York City left-wing newspaper, April
1981. Quoted in "In Brief." ALL About Issues, May 1981,
page 5.
Further Reading: Planned Parenthood (General).
Claire Chambers. The SIECUS Circle: A Humanist Revolution.
Belmont, Massachusetts: Western Islands Press. 1977, 506 pages. The
philosophy and comprehensive goals of the Humanist revolution. Includes
detailed information on 35 Humanist organizations, including Planned
Parenthood.
Elasah Drogin. Margaret Sanger: Father of Modern Society.
Catholics United for Life, New Hope Kentucky, 40052. This neat
little volume outlines the racist and anti-life philosophy of Planned
Parenthood's founder, Margaret Sanger, and is the book that PP would
most like to see banned.
Gale Research. Encyclopedia of Medical Organizations and
Agencies.
2nd Edition, 1987, 975 pages. Information on more than 11,000
medical societies, professional and voluntary associations, foundations,
research institutions, federal and state health agencies, medical and
allied health schools, information centers, database services, and
related health care organizations. Includes basic data on all of the
nearly 200 Planned Parenthood affiliates. Chapter 30, "Family
Planning," has data on all national pro-life and pro-abortion
organizations. This information includes membership totals, addresses
and telephone numbers, publications, and basic philosophy. Published by
Gale Research, Inc., 835 Penobscot Building, Detroit, Michigan
48226-4094, telephone: (313) 961-2242. Toll- free telephone number:
1-800-877-GALE.
Robert G. Marshall and Charles Donovan. Blessed Are the Barren:
The Social Policy of Planning Parenthood.
Ignatius Press, San Francisco. Reviewed by Mary Meehan on page 5 of
the November 29, 1992 National Catholic Register. This volume
provides lots of detail on the Planned Parenthood connections with
racist eugenics, the effort to capture the Black leadership, and its
ability to tap into hundreds of millions of dollars of tax and private
money.
Father Paul Marx. "Banned Parenthood: Planned Barrenhood."
22 pages. Human Life International, 7845-E Airpark Road,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879, telephone: (302) 670-7884. This handy
little pocket-sized booklet is an excellent general reference guide to
Planned Parenthood's worldwide objectives and strategy.
Robert H. Ruff. Aborting Planned Parenthood.
New Vision Press, 710 West 32nd Street, Houston, Texas 77018. 189
pages. Order from Human Life International, 7845-E Airpark Road,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879, telephone: (301) 670-7884. Reviewed by
Judie Brown on page 53 of the November-December 1988 issue of ALL
About Issues. This book is a summary of more than 50,000 medical and
other records salvaged from a dumpster behind a Planned Parenthood
clinic in Texas. The author covers, by the numbers, the numerous sex
education myths that Planned Parenthood foists off on teenagers, and
documents why they are false.
Saint Antonious Institute. Pro-Life Shopping Guide.
130 pages, 1992. The ultimate guide for the boycott-minded
pro-lifer, this guide shows that it is indeed possible to 'substitute
buy' virtually everything and avoid patronizing the seemingly infinite
galaxy of Planned Parenthood supporters. Lists 80 corporations and more
than 2,000 brand names and subsidiaries of corporations that pro-lifers
may patronize with a clear conscience. Available from the St. Antoninus
Institute for Catholic Education in Business, 4110 Fessenden Street NW,
Washington, DC 20016.
Margaret Sanger. Woman and the New Race.
Reprinted in 1969 by permission of the Sanger Estate by the Maxwell
Reprint Company, Fairview Park, Elmsford, New York 10523. Any pro-life
activist who wants to become familiar with the real attitudes and
philosophy of the anti-life movement in general should read this book.
It is utterly fascinating.
United States Government, Department of Health and Human Services.
Family Planning Grantees, Delegates and Clinics (annual
publication).
Provides state-by-state listing of family planning clinics,
addresses, telephone numbers, and types of grants given. Issued by the
National Clearinghouse for Family Planning Information, Post Office Box
12921, Arlington, Virginia 22209, under Contract Number 282-84-0078,
Herner and Company.
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This is a chapter of the Pro-Life Activists Encyclopedia published
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