Founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger, In Her Own Words

A Plan for Peace*

By MARGARET SANGER

*Summary of address before the New History Society, January 17th, 1932. New York City.

FIRST, put into action President Wilson's fourteen points, upon which terms Germany and Austria surrendered to the Allies in 1918.

Second, have Congress set up a special department for the study of population problems and appoint a Parliament of Population, the directors representing the various branches of science this body to direct and control the population through birth rates and immigration, and to direct its distribution over the country according to national needs consistent with taste, fitness and interest of the individuals.

The main objects of the Population Congress would be ...

a.) to raise the level and increase the general intelligence of population

b.) to increase the population slowly by keeping the birth rate at its present level of fifteen per thousand, decreasing the death rate below its present mark of 11 per thousand

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 feeble-minded, 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 feeble-minded parents, by pensioning all persons with transmissible 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

The first step would thus be to control the intake and output of morons, mental defectives, epileptics.

The second step would be to take an inventory of the secondary group such as illiterates, paupers, unemployables, criminals, prostitutes, dope-fiends, classify them in special departments under government medical protection, and segregate them on farms and open spaces as long as necessary for the strengthening and development of moral conduct.

Having corralled this enormous part of our population and placed it on a basis of health instead of punishment, it is safe to say that fifteen or twenty millions of our population would then be organized into soldiers of defense--defending the unborn against their own disabilities.

The third step would be to give special attention to the mothers' health, to see that women who are suffering from tuberculosis, heart or kidney disease, toxic goiter, gonorrhea, or any disease where the condition of pregnancy disturbs their health are placed under public health nurses to instruct them in practical, scientific methods of contraception in order to safeguard their lives-thus reducing maternal mortality.

The above steps may seem to place emphasis on a health program instead of on tariffs, moratoriums and debts, but I believe that national health is the first essential factor in any program for universal peace.

With the future citizen safeguarded from hereditary taints, with five million mental and moral degenerates segregated, with ten million women and ten million children receiving adequate care, we could then turn our attention to the basic needs for international peace.

There would then be a definite effort to make population increase slowly and at a specified rate, in order to accommodate and adjust increasing numbers to the best social and economic system.

In the meantime we should organize and join an International League of Low Birth Rate Nations to secure and maintain World Peace.

Sources

Birth Control Review, April 1932. Pages 107, 108 (PDF pages 11, 12)
http://library.lifedynamics.com/Birth%20Control%20Review/1932-04%20April.pdf

History of Eugenics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_eugenics

What If Somebody Wiped Out Aurora, Colorado ... And Nobody Noticed?

Planned Parenthood Federation of America released their 2011-2012 annual report.  In it, they diligently enumerate all the wonderful services they perform, most highlighted in vibrant colors.  Strangely, "Abortion Services" appears in subdued gray text, almost as if they were embarrassed by the numbers.  As shown on page 5 of the 2011-2012 annual report, Planned Parenthood executed 333,964 abortion procedures in that year.  In contrast, Planned Parenthood referred 2,300 mothers to adoption agencies.

Let's put 333,964 "abortion procedures" into perspective.  Imagine if a gunman killed EVERY last person in Aurora, Colorado--the 56th largest city in the United States?  If a gunman killed that many people, it would make national headlines around the nation and the world, prompting immediate demands for more stringent gun control to end the "senseless slaughter of innocent lives."  However, when Planned Parenthood takes that many lives, nobody takes notice. 

Some will argue that Planned Parenthood provides some worthy services, especially for the poor.  That's true.  Similarly, some also claimed that the Nazi's provided good social services to some members of its society--all the killing aside.

Please note that Planned Parenthood only executes about 27% or a little more than one quarter of all abortion procedures in the United States.  There were an estimated 1.21 MILLION abortion procedures executed in the United States in 2007.  See Table 102. Abortions by Selected Characteristics: 1990 to 2007 from the United States Census Bureau.

Did the Susan G. Komen Foundation Make the Right Decision on Planned Parenthood?

UPDATE:  Kowtowing to political pressure, the Komen Foundation reversed its decision and will now continue to partner with Planned Parenthood, despite that fact-based, logic argues against that position.

Recently, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, who aims to eradicate breast cancer, announced that they would no longer provide financial support to Planned Parenthood.  Breast cancer touches many lives.  It killed one of my favorite aunts and sickened two of my friends, who both successfully beat breast cancer.

Does the Susan G. Komen Foundation decision make sense?  After all, Planned Parenthood and their affiliates  performed over 747,604 "breast exams/breast care" procedures in 2010, according to their annual report.  But let's allow independently-verifiable, independent facts guide our way.

Would you agree that the Susan G. Komen Foundation exists to fight breast cancer and save the lives of females?

According to United States Census Bureau data (Table 121. Deaths by Age and Selected Causes: 2007), there were 40,970 deaths from breast cancer in the United States in 2007.  Although the data does not indicate it, a majority of these deaths were likely females, although males can also have breast cancer.

According to its own annual report, Planned Parenthood performed 329,445 abortions in 2010. In the annual report, "Abortion Services" is printed in a subdued gray as if to deemphasize these facts.  The text in the image below is darkened to make the data more readable.

Worldwide, abortion kills more females than males.  Just look to China's demographic imbalance and the "gendercide" that aborts females at higher rates than male. For simplicity's sake, let's assume that abortions in the United States kill males and females at equal rates.

If the Komen Foundation successfully and completely cures breast cancer, they could eliminate some 41,000 deaths annually.  This number pales in comparison to the 165,000 females killed by abortion annually via Planned Parenthood alone.  Where does the 165,000 number come from?  Assuming half of all aborted babies are female, divide the 329,445 abortions performed by Planned Parenthood or its affiliates by 2.

Some might argue that the comparison is unfair.  After all, according their recent annual report, Planned Parenthood screens patients for other types of cancers, an impressive-sounding 1,596,741 procedures in all.  Perhaps Planned Parenthood saves more lives via cancer screening than they take via "Abortion Services".

Okay, let's make some overly-generous assumptions and see where it takes us.  For the sake of argument, let's assume that Planned Parenthood screens ALL Americans for cancer.  Despite the screening efforts, there were 562,875 cancer deaths (malignant neoplasms) in the United States in 2007.  Not all cancers affect men and women equally.  Men don't contract ovarian cancer; women don't contract prostate cancer.  Breast cancer afflicts woman at far higher rates than men. For the sake of argument, let's assume that 60% of all cancer deaths are for females, or 337,725 cancer deaths annually.

Under the most-favorable assumptions, Planned Parenthood barely saves as many lives as they take via abortion.  However, Planned Parenthood does not see every cancer patient.  Nor do they perform every abortion in the United States.

According the United States Census Bureau (Table 102: Abortions by Selected Characteristics, “Total Abortions,” 2007), there were an estimated 1.21 MILLION abortions performed in the United States in 2007.  The data shows "1,210" but the numbers are in 1,000s, so the real number is 1,210 times 1,000, or 1,210,000 or 1.21 MILLION.  From the data, it appears that Planned Parenthood and its affiliates perform about 25%-27% of all abortions in the United States (329,445 abortions by Planned Parenthood out of 1.21 MILLION abortions total).  The Planned Parenthood data is from 2010 while the total abortion data is from 2007, the latest year available.

The data shows that more Americans die from abortion every year than from all types of cancer PLUS heart disease, HIV/AID, and all homicides COMBINED.  To put the 1.21 MILLION abortion deaths in perspective, this equates to the entire population of Dallas, Texas--America's 9th largest city.  This is also roughly the number of people murdered by the Nazis at the Auschwitz death camp during all its years of operation.  However, remember that this the number of abortions performed in the United States EVERY YEAR!

From the available data, I support the decision by the Susan G. Komen Foundation to withdraw funding support from Planned Parenthood. From its annual report, Planned Parenthood receives nearly half (46%) of its funding from the United States Government anyway.  Contributors to the Komen Foundation can decide to give or not to give.  The United States Government mandates funding via taxpayers.  Planned Parenthood will argue that none of the funding goes toward abortion--in the same way that I never spend money on beer.  My wife buys it for me at the grocery store.