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Originally Posted by Grace  "Accepting the science of the time that claimed sterilization saved the feebleminded, who were not capable of parenting, from themselves and from a life of institutional confinement, it seemed only common sense to Margaret Sanger to approve an operation that had no effects on the individual's life other than to prevent conception."
If you agree with this statement, you support eugenics. If you had actualy read the site I provided you would know that her goal was to mask eugenics by calling them "choice", or "rights", so this quote from her is realy no surprise. What I dont understand is how you totaly look past all the other quotes, clearly exposing her for the monster that she was. | The eugenicists of that time believed that the feebleminded should be forcibly sterilized, but Sanger disagreed with that. I disagree with forcibly sterilizing people, but agree that they should have the choice to do so. The quotes you cite have been lifted from context. Example: Margaret Sanger Quotes
• A quote taken out of context: "We do not want word to get out that we want to exterminate the Negro population." (In the context, it's apparent that she didn't want such word to get out because such a characterization of her work was common -- and untrue. Then as now.) • When Sanger used terms like "racial betterment" she was generally referring to the human race, so in looking at quotes using such phrases, check the context before making assumptions. Her opinions of the disabled and immigrants -- opinions not attractive or politically correct today -- were often the source of such sentiments as "racial betterment." The greatest danger to liberty lurks in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.
--Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis |