On Wednesday, March 28, Planned Parenthood's VOX college group hosted a play, Margaret Sanger: Radiant Rebel, in the Phillips Center Black Box Theatre at the University of Florida. The play is a one-woman performance based on the letters, writings and diaries of Margaret Sanger and was presented in honor of Women's History Month.
A brief overview of the play shows that this performance paints Sanger as a champion of women's health. The overview states explicitly that "Sanger did not advocate abortion, but prevention." The play goes on to make it seem as though Sanger were concerned for the well being of the poor in her community and made great sacrifices to help those in need.
The sad fact is that Sanger had a radical agenda of normalizing uninhibited sexual activity and "purifying the race" through the use of eugenics. The irony of this play is that it claims Sanger did not promote abortion while at the same time it references her letters and diaries. The reality is that several of Sanger's private letters show that she specifically advocated for the use of abortion, even in Planned Parenthood's (then the Birth Control League) own offices.
This is a woman who is responsible for working to legalize the distribution of pornography through the mail. This is a woman who advocated birthing licenses so people of "dysgenic stock" would not be allowed to have children. This is a woman who founded an organization that kills a quarter-of-a-million innocent children every single year. Clearly she is not someone who should be praised as a hero.
We encourage our readers to learn more about Margaret Sanger and to educate others on who she was and what she advocated and endorsed. In the STOPP CD set Jim Sedlak gives an excellent explanation of her perverse and eugenic philosophies and the origins of Planned Parenthood. We also offer a free downloadable version of our pamphlet, "Who Was Margaret Sanger," on our website. Full color copies of this pamphlet are also available. If you are interested in purchasing these pamphlets call 866-538-5483 or you can buy them online. Bulk rates are available.
