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Calls For Smithsonian To Remove Exhibition Honoring Racist Planned Parenthood Founder

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A group of black pastors are calling for the Smithsonian Institution to remove a bust of Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret Sanger, noting that in the wake of the current Planned Parenthood scandal, it should also be remembered that Sanger was a eugenicist and a racist.

The bust of Sanger appears in the National Portrait Gallery at the museum as part of an exhibition titled "Struggle for Justice." The historical figures featured, including leading figures of the civil rights movement Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks., are described as "champions of justice."

A letter penned by a coalition of pastors known as Ministers Taking A Stand states:

"Perhaps the Gallery is unaware that Ms. Sanger supported black eugenics, a racist attitude toward black and other minority babies, an elitist attitude toward those she regarded as 'the feeble minded;' speaking at a rally of Ku Klux Klan women; and communications with Hitler sympathizers,"

The bust at the Smithsonian, even cites Sanger's eugenicist ideology, and admits that founder of what would go on to become the nation's largest abortion provider, targeted minorities.

A sign beneath the bust says that "During her campaign, Sanger became associated with the eugenics movement – which promoted, among other practices, the forced sterilization of those deemed mentally unfit and for a time was endorsed by many of the era's prominent thinkers."

However, it justifies such horrific attitude by saying that Sanger was "profoundly affected by the physical and mental toll exacted on women by frequent childbirth, miscarriage and self-induced abortion."


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