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Oct 3, 2022, 15 tweets

The evolution of #PlannedParenthood. From saying "abortion kills life after it has begun" to telling women abortion laws prevent treatment of ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage.

Old Planned Parenthood pamphlet, then Birth Control Federation of America, Inc. "Plan Your Family for Health and Happiness," undated,” Smith Libraries Exhibits, libex.smith.edu/omeka/items/sh…

Planned Parenthood pamphlet from 1952

Dr. Alan Guttmacher, then president of Planned Parenthood said in 1968: “When an abortion is easily obtainable, contraception is neither actively nor diligently used.”

"if one of your friends is pregnant, ask her to let your child feel the baby move . . . a baby grows in a special place inside the mother, called the uterus."
Faye Wattleton, “How to Talk to your child about Sexuality” (Doubleday Inc., 1986) She was PP President 1978 to 1992.

screenshot from July 2022, later changed yahoo.com/news/planned-p…

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