Pro-lifers: More needed to disavow Sanger's eugenics legacy
Pro-life advocates, including a Southern Baptist, welcomed a Planned Parenthood affiliate's repudiation of founder Margaret Sanger's eugenics advocacy but said the country's No. 1 abortion provider must do more to overcome her legacy.
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY) announced Tuesday (July 21) it will remove Sanger's name from its Manhattan Health Center in a commitment to address her ties to the eugenics movement of the last century. Eugenics includes the use of sterilization to prevent reproduction among people who are considered by some to have undesirable traits, such as mental impairments.
The action "is both a necessary and overdue step to reckon with our legacy and acknowledge Planned Parenthood's contributions to historical reproductive harm within communities of color," said Karen Seltzer, PPGNY's board chair. While Sanger's "advocacy for reproductive health" has been...