paddymurphy
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You are a fucking moron. Here is what she said about abortion: "To each group we explained simply what contraception was; that abortion was the wrong way—no matter how early it was performed it was taking life; that contraception was the better way, the safer way—it took a little time, a little trouble, but was well worth while in the long run, because life had not begun." And she never compared black folks to weeds; she was talking about the fact that poor people had too many children to care for; that by allowing them access to birth control they would be able to have fewer children; children they could care for. The reference to weeds was from this passage :You don't know your ass from page 8. She called them weeds that should never propagate. She started the abortion of blacks business, was a big fan of the KKK and placed her clinics in the ghettos where her targets lived.
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I was merely thinking of the poor mothers of congested districts of the East Side who had so poignantly begged me for relief, in order that the children they had already brought into the world might have a chance to grow into strong and stalwart Americans. It was almost impossible to believe that the dissemination of knowledge easily available to the intelligent and thoughtful parents of the well-to-do classes was actually a criminal act, proscribed not only by State laws but by Federal as well.
My paper was suppressed. I was arrested and indicted by the Federal authorities. But owing to the vigorous protests of the public and an appeal sent by a number of distinguished English writers and thinkers, the case against me was finally abandoned. Meanwhile “Birth Control” became the slogan of the idea and not only spread through the American press from coast to coast, but immediately gained currency in Great Britain. Succinctly and with telling brevity and precision “Birth Control” summed up our whole philosophy. Birth Control is not contraception indiscriminately and thoughtlessly practiced. It means the release and cultivation of the better racial elements in our society, and the gradual suppression, elimination and eventual extirpation of defective stocks — those human weeds which threaten the blooming of the finest flowers of American civilization.
Read more at Banned Parenthood snopes.com"
She never referenced colored children as weeds; never advocated aborting any fetus; was not a fan of the KKK and put her clinics in poor neighborhoods because that is where they were needed. Those living on Park Avenue did not need a clinic to obtain birth control.