New Documentary Exposes the Dark Legacy of Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret Sanger

New Documentary Exposes the Dark Legacy of Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret Sanger

Pop quiz: who said “The most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective?” Adolf Hitler? Chairman Mao? No. It was Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood. Most Americans know Planned Parenthood as the nation’s largest provider of abortion, sex education, and birth control. But a new documentary lays bare the group’s sinister origins. Produced by Fieldwork Media and direct…

The Racist Origins of Planned Parenthood

On October 16, 1916, the first Planned Parenthood clinic in America opened in Brooklyn. Margaret Sanger, a nurse who worked among the poor on the Lower East Side, founded the Brownsville Clinic, which was later renamed after her. Of course, Sanger founded Planned Parenthood, which would lead America into an era of killing an estimated 64.5 million babies, all since Roe v. Wade in 1973. Though the Dobbs decision overturned Roe, abortion had alrea…

"Revelatory Documentary Uncovers the Troubling Legacy of Planned Parenthoods Founder, Margaret Sanger"

A new documentary is stirring conversation across the nation about the controversial legacy of Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood. The film, titled “The 1916 Project: Exposing Planned Parenthood’s Century Long Culture of Death,” brings to light Sanger’s troubling views on birth control and population control. Directed by David Coonradt and produced by Fieldwork Media, the documentary is based on a book by Seth Gruber. It explores…