Margaret Sanger Quotes on Policy
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It is apparent that nothing short of contraceptives can put an end to the horrors of abortion and infanticide.
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While there are cases where even the law recognizes an abortion as justifiable if recommended by a physician, I assert that the hundreds of thousands of abortions performed in America each year are a disgrace to civilization.
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In passing, we should here recognize the difficulties presented by the idea of 'fit' and 'unfit.' Who is to decide this question? The grosser, the more obvious, the undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind. But among the writings of the representative Eugenists one cannot ignore the distinct middle-class bias that prevails.
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It is a noteworthy fact that not one of the women to whom I have spoken so far believes in abortion as a practice; but it is principle for which they are standing. They also believe that the complete abolition of the abortion law will shortly do away with abortions, as nothing else will.
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...give dysgenic groups in our population their choice of segregation or sterilization.[1]
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It is a vicious cycle; ignorance breeds poverty and poverty breeds ignorance. There is only one cure for both, and that is to stop breeding these things. Stop bringing to birth children whose inheritance cannot be one of health or intelligence. Stop bringing into the world children whose parents cannot provide for them.
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'[Our objective is] unlimited sexual gratification without the burden of unwanted children...' History of abortion - Hitler, Planned Parenthood & Margaret Sanger
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More children from the fit, less from the unfit - that is the chief issue in birth control.