Calm down Margaret Sanger.
Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger’s 1939 quote on exterminating Black population taken out of context
By Reuters Fact Check
May 9, 20222:15 PM EDTUpdated 2 years ago
Social media users are sharing a quote from Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger without context.
An example can be seen here: (
here).
The quote reads, “We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population.”
Some versions of the post include quotes by Hillary Clinton or former U.S. President Barack Obama complimenting Sanger (
here), (
here).
Sanger, a feminist and reproductive rights activist, opened the first birth control clinic in Brownsville, Brooklyn, in 1916, giving access to low-income and minority women (
here).