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I think the article is now sufficiently neutral, so I'm going to remove the notice at the top of the page. KrJnX
- I disagree. There's still:
- An unsubstantiated claim that she attended a KKK rally. This seems very unlikely considering her outreach to blacks in Harlem.
- A lot of baised language such as "forced to flee due to public outrage", "singled out the Christian Church", "avowed socialist", etc.
- Planned Parenthood is described as an "abortion provider", when this was certainly not the case at the time
- There's tangential mention of "forced sterilization". I know of no evidence that Sanger supported this.
- Several quotes taken out of context to make her sound racist, without any other side presented.
- -- Queerudite 14:38, 23 Jan 2005
"Sanger clearly cannot be blamed directly for these deplorable occurrences"
No, not for nazism, but perhaps she must share the blame for the swedish and american forced-sterilization programs. Although she did not believe in inferior races, she did believe in segregation/sterilization of less wanted individuals, according to
[1] (http://www.lrainc.com/swtaboo/taboos/ms_apwp.html). It's from a pro-choice site, but it's a complete article, and I haven't found any sites contesting its authenticity. (I have found sites correcting commonly attributed misquotations, but never this one)
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- c. to keep the doors of immigration closed to the entrance of certain aliens whose condition is known to be detrimental to the stamina of the race, such as feebleminded, idiots, morons, insane, syphilitic, epileptic, criminal, professional prostitutes, and others in this class barred by the immigration laws of 1924.
- d. to apply a stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation to that grade of population whose progeny is already tainted or whose inheritance is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to offspring.
- e. To insure the country against future burdens of maintenance for numerous offspring as may be born of feebleminded parents by pensioning all persons with trnsmissible disease who voluntarily consent to sterilization.
- f. To give certain dysgenic groups in our population their choice of segregation or sterilization.
- g. to apportion farm lands and homesteads for these segregated persons where they would be taught to work under competent instructors for the period of their entire lives.
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We shouldn't make the mistake of assuming that Sanger held these beliefs her entire life, but she did at one point, at least.
- It was hardly abnormal at that time. If she carries the blame, then so do all public figures who advocated such policies. And that would be a very long list.
- Yes, I think we should do that - and praise the brave people who resisted that particular spirit of the times. But it's not irrelevant to Margaret Sanger's other political views.
"It is alleged that she believed in "free love", an idea which is compatible with some of the contemporary theories of eugenics."
This is a silly sentence without some more documentation, and a silly one nonetheless. What is meant by free love? and what has that to do with eugenics? If by free love we mean permissible attitudes to change of sexual partners, I don't believe we have to allege that. If it's something more, well, say it!
Vintermann 13:21, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)
- It's also possible that she simply advocated free love with birth control.
- Yes, that's exactly what she did, as far as I can tell. Although this might be offensive to people who support birth control but oppose promiscuous sex, it's not right to soften it with an "allegedly"
Please sign your posts
Otherwise it's hard to tell who said what, and when. Denni☯ 22:50, 2005 Feb 5 (UTC)
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