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Entry: Margaret Sanger and the Eugenics Meme Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/margaret_sanger_and_the_eugenics_meme#24535 Post contents: Peter Ramus is right. Let's follow Marcus's logic: 1. Margaret Sanger was not in favor of abortion. 2. She was, however, in favor of eugenics. 3. She founded Planned Parenthood to advance her eugenicist views. 4. Planned Parenthood eventually began providing abortions. 5. Therefore: a) Margaret Sanger is not responsible at all for the actions of the organization she founded (since she was not in favor of abortion); and b) the organization she founded, which has never publicly repudiated her eugenicist views, is unfairly attacked for the views of its founder, because they were held by "many people of her time" (even though most of the people who held them did not form organizations to advance those views). Did I miss anything? The only way Marcus's argument makes sense is if he believes that the mission of Planned Parenthood, then and now, is a laudable one. Since I doubt that Marcus believes that, I'm at a loss as to why he would write such a post. Sent at: 2008 08 30