Whitewashing Margaret Sanger

A couple of days ago, a concerned reader emailed me about Dover Publications publishing the autobiography of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger. (Dover Publications specializes in nostalgia publishing -- they are the ones who published the books of Charles Dana Gibson illustrations I use in some of my site skins.) This reader, like many of us, is aware of Margaret Sanger's belief in eugenics and is alarmed that Dover Publications would glorify Sanger and make it look like she was just a courageous, compassionate woman who wanted to help the poor.

I share this reader's concerns and would like to do my part in making sure people know the whole truth about Sanger. Here are a couple of articles (in addition to the one linked above) that will shed some light:

• The American Spectator: Maggie Sanger and the Human Weeds
• BlackGenocide.org: The Truth about Margaret Sanger

If you want to see Sanger's legacy in action, be sure to check out the posts about Planned Parenthood on Dawn Eden's blog. Dawn regularly does the "dumpster dive" into Planned Parenthood's websites (particularly those aimed at teens and children) so you don't have to.

Just as I was wrapping up this post, I noticed that Dawn linked to this post by Charles G. Hill on this same subject.