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.
#BrittanyWatts was not charged for #HavingAMiscarriage. She was charged with abuse of a corpse. (The hospital probably mismanaged her case). She was acquitted because it was decided she had no malicious intent in trying to flush the body down a toilet.
The goal of foster care is reunification with the birth parents. However, if there is an #unplannedpregnancy and the parents want to allow the baby to be adopted, they don't need to fear their baby will go into foster care. #adoption
More than half of the children in #fostercare will be reunified with their parents or primary caregivers, and nearly one-quarter will be adopted, many by their foster parents. .adoptuskids.org/meet-the-child…
Most children adopted from foster care are eligible—through the adoption assistance program—for Medicaid health coverage. In some states, young people who were adopted from foster care have access to tuition assistance programs.
"countless numbers of inferiors and those suffering from hereditary conditions are reproducing unrestrainedly while their sick and asocial offspring burden the community."
I wonder how many people today in America would agree with the statement if they didn't know it was an excerpt from Hitler’s Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseased Offspring #eugenicseugenicsarchives.ca/timeline?id=51…
Featuring the powerful personal stories of survivors of eugenics and newgenics, these video narratives cross between eugenics past and present; all videos are closed captioned. #eugenics eugenicsarchives.ca/our-stories