[T]he campaign for Birth Control is not merely of eugenic value, but is practically identical in ideal, with the final aims of Eugenics.

— Margaret Sanger on Eugenics

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[T]he campaign for Birth Control is not merely of eugenic value, but is practically identical in ideal, with the final aims of Eugenics." in the context of "Margaret Sanger, "The Value of Birth Control Propaganda," October, 1921. Birth Control Review, Oct. 1921, vol. 5, no. 10, p. 5 http://books.google.com/books?id=vS3lAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA25&dq=%22but+is+practically+identical+in+ideal+with+the+final+aims+of+Eugenics%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n5flU72OOaHC8QGYzYDYCA&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22but%20is%20practically%20identical%20in%20ideal%20with%20the%20final%20aims%20of%20Eugenics%22&f=false http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/webedition/app/documents/show.php?sangerDoc=238946.xml" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Margaret Sanger

About Margaret Sanger

Margaret Higgins Sanger (September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, feminist, and eugenicist who opened the first birth control clinic in the United States and established organizations that evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.