before it was shut down by an undercover policewoman posing as a patient. It opened again and was shut down again, and Sanger was arrested for maintaining a public nuisance. She opened the clinic a third time, on Nov. 16, but authorities forced the landlord to evict her, and all three women were arrested. When Sanger appeared before the judge, he waved a cervical cap from the bench and argued that no woman should have “the right to copulate with a feeling of security that there will be no resulting conception.” She went to jail for 30 days."
https://time.com/4527330/planned-parenthood-100-history/
Back in the day, and I'm talking about when W was Prez, I used to post on political forums, one in particular, that were not regulated as to party membership or beliefs. And I have to say at that point in time one could have interesting conversations with a select few from the other side of the aisle.
I had what I labeled the "Top 5" beliefs of Cons posting on forums, one of which was their misinformation regarding Sanger. She was pro-abortion. A racist. A secret member of the KKK. All of which were either outright lies or constructed from cherry-picking her writings. The more I read about her, the more I found her to be an incredible person. Not only what she accomplished considering she was a woman in the early years of the 20th century, but the laws and attitudes in place at the time.
I realize that in 2020, looking back, she was not a saint. But IMO she did SO much more good than bad that I was rather disgusted with the way PP handled her history. I believe we need to judge a person by their life's work and at least consider the times in which those accomplishments were achieved.
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