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Does Margaret Sanger's 12-10-1939 letter to C. J. Gamble relate to Planned Parenthood and/or National Action Network?

While Planned Parenthood has tried to distance itself from Margaret Sanger's obvious racism and eugenicist belief system, it also explains, on its history page, that it traces its roots back to Margaret Sanger, her sister Ethel Byrne and Fania Mindell in 1916. The Sanger letter, to Dr. Gamble, clearly demonstrates her racist and eugenicist beliefs. It discusses the need to get black doctors and clergy involved in peddling abortion to what she calls the "negro population". Anon wonders if the abortion industry ever found clergy members to push their agenda.

Planned Parenthood announced in 2020 that they would remove Sanger's name from their NY clinic. PP came clean about Sanger's racism, KKK (1926) and forced sterilization (1927) connections. See the PP History webpage, the NYTimes article and the Washington Post article below. While it's nice to see racism and forced sterilization denounced, we should recognize that it took the people at PP almost 9 decades to distance themselves. Can beliefs held for so long be abandoned so quickly?

Don't forget Margaret Sanger's connection to Mary Lasker. Mary Lasker, who was so important in the development of the National Institute of Health. Should we question whether today's eugenicists are involving doctors and clergy in their agenda? To expand the thinking, should we look very closely at the "trust the science" crowd? If future proves past, what does past do to the future?

See the Sauces in 1/6 through 6/6.

Margaret Sanger - letter to Dr. C. J. Gamble

https://libex.smith.edu/omeka/files/original/d6358bc3053c93183295bf2df1c0c931.pdf

NYT - Planned Parenthood in N.Y. Disavows Margaret Sanger Over Eugenics

July 21, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/nyregion/planned-parenthood-margaret-sanger-eugenics.html

Washington Post - Planned Parenthood to remove Margaret Sanger’s name from N.Y. clinic over views on eugenics

July 21, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/07/21/margaret-sanger-planned-parenthood-eugenics/

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>>11705549, >>11705558 Eugenics in America: The Legacy of Sanger and Gates

>>19803869, >>19803884, >>19803898, >>19803913, >>19803928, >>19803938 National Action Network, Al Sharpton and "No Justice, No Peace"

>>19580338, >>19580484, >>19580503, >>19580522, >>19580523, >>19580576, >>19580612 Birth Control or Race Control? Sanger and the Negro Project / Letter from Margaret Sanger to Mary Lasker - DIG

>>19581977 "The 2021 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award honors two scientists—Katalin Karikó (BioNTech) and Drew Weissman (University of Pennsylvania)—who discovered a new therapeutic technology based on the modification of messenger RNA."

>>19813537

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Does Margaret Sanger's 12-10-1939 letter to C. J. Gamble relate to Planned Parenthood and/or National Action Network?

Here are some quotes directly from the PP History page.

Planned Parenthood - Our History

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/who-we-are/our-history

"In 1916, the idea of Planned Parenthood began at the first birth control clinic, in Brownsville, Brooklyn."

"Planned Parenthood traces its roots back to a nurse named Margaret Sanger."

"On October 16, 1916, Sanger — together with her sister Ethel Byrne and activist Fania Mindell — opened the country’s first birth control clinic in Brownsville, Brooklyn."

"In 1939, Sanger began what was called the “Negro Project” — alongside Black leaders like W.E.B. DuBois, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Rev. Adam Clayton Powell. The mission of the Negro Project was to put Black doctors and nurses in charge of birth control clinics to reduce mistrust of a racist health care system."

"Margaret Sanger’s racism and belief in eugenics are in direct opposition to Planned Parenthood’s mission. Planned Parenthood denounces Margaret Sanger’s belief in eugenics. Further, Planned Parenthood denounces the history and legacy of anti-Blackness in gynecology and the reproductive rights movement, and the mistreatment that continues against Black, Indigenous, and other people of color in this country."

"In 1923, Sanger opened the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau in Manhattan to provide birth control devices to women and to collect statistics about the safety and long-term effectiveness of birth control. That same year, Sanger incorporated the American Birth Control League, an ambitious new organization that examined the global impact of population growth, disarmament, and famine. The two organizations eventually merged to become Planned Parenthood® Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA®)."

"That same year, Planned Parenthood Federation of America president Faye Wattleton founded the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization to engage in public education campaigns, grassroots organizing, and legislative and electoral activity."

Britannica - Planned Parenthood

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Planned-Parenthood-organization

>>19813537

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Does Margaret Sanger's 12-10-1939 letter to C. J. Gamble relate to Planned Parenthood and/or National Action Network?

National Action Network's connection to planned parenthood is made very clear on this NAN 2023 Convention webpage. The "Fireside Chat'" does the same.

NAN Convention 2023 - Planned Parenthood

https://www.nanconvention.net/

NAN - FIRESIDE CHAT WITH LEADER OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND, NATION’S LARGEST ADVOCACY GROUP FOR REPRODUCTIVE CARE, ON NEW CHALLENGES TO WOMEN’S HEALTH ACCESS

Apr 05, 2023

https://nationalactionnetwork.net/newnews/fireside-chat-with-leader-of-planned-parenthood-action-fund-nations-largest-advocacy-group-for-reproductive-care-on-new-challenges-to-womens-health-access/

"The Thursday, April 13th discussion will come on the second day of the Convention, the theme of which this year is 'Dealing with theDream Under Threat. Indeed, there is a growing effort to blur Dr. King’s vision for a fair and equal United States –especially for Black and Brown women. After the 2022 NAN Convention, news broke that theconservative Supreme Courtplanned to overturn Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed access to reproductive healthcare. Thirteen states have since banned abortions since the controversialDobbs v. Jackson decision.

>>19813537

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Does Margaret Sanger's 12-10-1939 letter to C. J. Gamble relate to Planned Parenthood and/or National Action Network?

NIH- Mary Lasker - Biographical Overview

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/tl/feature/biographical-overview

NIH - Mary Lasker and the Growth of the National Institutes of Health

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/tl/feature/nih

NIH - The Mary Lasker Papers

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/tl/

>>19813537

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Does Margaret Sanger's 12-10-1939 letter to C. J. Gamble relate to Planned Parenthood and/or National Action Network?

National Library of Medicine - NIH - Letter from Margaret Sanger to Mary Lasker

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/tl/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101584665X191-doc

National Library of Medicine - NIH - 2nd Letter from Margaret Sanger to Mary Lasker

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/tl/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101584665X192-doc

>>19813537

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Does Margaret Sanger's 12-10-1939 letter to C. J. Gamble relate to Planned Parenthood and/or National Action Network?

National Library of Medicine - NIH - 2nd Letter from Margaret Sanger to Mary Lasker - cont.

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/tl/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101584665X192-doc

National Library of Medicine - NIH - Hillary Clinton and Mary Lasker: A Photo in Proper Focus

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/tl/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101584665X2-doc

>>19813537, >>19813553, >>19813562, >>19813571, >>19813581, >>19813587 Does Margaret Sanger's 12-10-1939 letter to C. J. Gamble relate to Planned Parenthood and/or National Action Network?

Bun forBaker

>>19813551

Washington Examiner - Nancy Pelosi receives award named after Planned Parenthood founder and eugenicist Margaret Sanger

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nancy-pelosi-receives-award-named-after-planned-parenthood-founder-and-eugenicist-margaret-sanger