Alright. Who said it?
To each group we explained what contraception was; that abortion was the wrong way—no matter how early it was performed it was taking life; that contraception was the better way, the safer way—it took a little time, a little trouble, but was well worth while in the long run, because life had not yet begun
The answer to this one might surprise you.
I’d appreciate it if you didn’t just Google the quote. I’ll give the answer in a few hours after I help the girls study for Finals tomorrow.
UPDATE: And the survey says? Margaret Sanger!!!!!!!
This one shocked me a little. As the racist eugenecist founder of Planned Parenthood, I’m sure you could understand my surprise.
So the current Planned Parenthood now has to pretend away Sanger’s racist comments and her anti-abortion comments? It’s amazing they publicly admit having anything to do with this woman at all.
June 4, 2009 at 9:42 pm
I Googled the quote (what else could I do? Just guess blindly? "Err…Ronald Reagan? The Dali Lama? Stalin?") but won't reveal it here in the spirit of your request. 🙂
June 4, 2009 at 9:57 pm
I'd have to say Obama.
June 4, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Haven't googled it, but I'll go with Margaret Sanger. The writing style and the BS sentiment sounds right for her.
June 4, 2009 at 10:37 pm
I agree. I must be Margaret Sanger. "Guess the quotes" like this are never who they truly sound like. I didn't google it either. I'll be back later to find out if I'm right.
June 4, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Dr Tiller?
Or Hans Kung?
Dan Maguire?
June 4, 2009 at 11:28 pm
It's very clumsy. I'll say Katie Couric
June 5, 2009 at 12:10 am
Yeah, I knew it was going to be her. There are Planned Parenthood flyers that specifically say "Do not kill! Do not take a life. But prevent!"
June 5, 2009 at 2:24 am
Of course, there was a healthy dose of self-interest going on there. She said this at a time when abortion was punishable by New York law fairly severely (maximum of four years in state prison in NY), and it was a crime that was actually prosecuted, so she didn't want to accused of being an accessory to the crime. The crime of distributing a contraceptive had a maximum penalty of only one year, and I doubt it was vigorously prosecuted anyway, so she was obviously more willing to take a chance on that.
June 5, 2009 at 3:57 am
I'm not at all surprised she said that.
I wonder why?
Perhaps its because I know she lived in a time when printed materials about birth control and contraceptives were considered pornography under the Comstock laws.
She was routinely in trouble with the law for distributing this "pornography". Educating women about controlling their reproductive organs was her life's work.
June 5, 2009 at 5:34 am
Interesting interview with her at this address (you can also click my name above):
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/multimedia/video/2008/wallace/sanger_margaret.html
She clearly had some deep-rooted hostility towards the Church.
June 5, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Awesome interview Dave B.!
June 6, 2009 at 3:53 am
Yes, as odd as it seems now, Sanger was not in favor of abortion. Old PP pamphlets said straight up that abortion was killing an unborn child.
June 7, 2009 at 6:13 pm
I believe that in some of her earlier writings Sanger was not so hostile toward abortion. However, she found that publicly expressing such views was detrimental to her promotion of contraception,so she switched tactics.
As to 'controlling reproductive organs' – what's wrong with the female reproductive system ? Being female is not a disease to be wiped out pills, patches and what-have-you.