Margaret Sanger: The Birth of Birth Control
The woman who birthed Planned Parenthood—today the biggest provider of abortion services in the country—left a legacy so charged it’s bitterly despised by the Right and fanatically defended by the…
Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger: The “Tragedy of Overpopulation”
Sanger conceived the term “birth control”—the direct predecessor to today’s “planned parenthood”—upon returning to the United States in January 1914. From the start, she had her eye on its propagandistic…
Margaret Sanger: Back in the USSR
Sanger’s most fascinating journey was a six-week trip to the Soviet Union in 1934. She met a number of American and Western European expatriates, including Joseph Stalin’s American dentist, who…
Margaret Sanger: Sterilization
Sanger herself was far from coy about sterilizing the “inferior,” though she was often careful with her wording. This has led to confusion and missed opportunities among pro-life conservatives and…
Margaret Sanger: The Woman Who United the Left
Perhaps the reason modern leftists continue to celebrate Margaret Sanger is because so many left-wing political movements can trace their origins to her work. Every major group on the Left…
Planned Parenthood Under Fire
Planned Parenthood Under Fire: The nation's largest abortion provider faces its worst crisis ever By Jeanne Mancini, Organization Trends, October 2015 (PDF here) Summary: Whatever your view of abortion, it’s…