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Planned Parenthood Drops Margaret Sanger From Name Of Its Clinic

The group says Sanger has long provoked controversy because of her support for eugenics.

From CBS New York:

July 22 2020

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)Planned Parenthood is removing the name of pioneering birth control advocate Margaret Sanger from its clinic in Lower Manhattan.

The group says Sanger has long provoked controversy because of her support for eugenics, a movement to promote selective breeding that often targeted people of color and the disabled.

Read more at CBS New York

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