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Originally Posted by Izzibeth
Also... how did this thread turn from Ben Stein's idiotic excuse for a documentary into me trying to defend women's clinics?
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The question arose about Stein's alligation of science leading to Planned Parenthood in a bad way. Science > Darwinism > Eugenics > Planned Parenthood.
By the way, "Planned Parenthood began as the National Birth Control League, which was founded in 1916 under the leadership of Mary Dennett. The organization was later renamed the American Birth Control League under the direction of Margaret Sanger. The League was influential in liberalizing laws against birth control throughout the 1920s and 1930s before changing its name to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. in 1942.
Faye Wattleton was president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America from 1978 to 1992, the longest term in the organization's history. During her term in office, the organization considerably expanded its services and became publicly visible in working for women's reproductive rights.
On February 15, 2006, Cecile Richards became president of the organization."
You had asked me about who preceded Sanger a few posts ago.