Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Madame Hillary

Surely you are aware that Hillary Clinton received Planned Parenthood's highest award, the Margaret Sanger Award, on March 27, 2009.  To quote Hillary, "The 20th century reproductive rights movement, really embodied in the life and leadership of Margaret Sanger, was one of the most transformational in the entire history of the human race."  She further stated that, "Sanger's work is not done."     

Congressman Chris Smith questioned Madame Hillary about her praise for Sanger's eugenic agenda by saying, "It is extraordinarily difficult to see how anyone could be in awe of Sanger who made no secret of her views.  With all due respect, Madame Secretary, Sanger's legacy was indeed transformational, but not for the better, if one happens to be poor, disenfranchised, weak, disabled, a person of color and an unborn child or among the many so-called undesirables Sanger would exclude and exterminate from the human race.  Sanger's prolific writing dripped with contempt for those she considers to be unfit to live.  She was an unapologetic eugenicist and racist who said, 'the most merciful thing a family does for one of its infant members is to kill it.'  The Congressman went on, "As part of Sanger's work that remains undone," whether the Obama administration seeks " in any way to weaken or overturn pro-life laws and policies in African and Latin American countries, either directly or through multilateral organizations, including and especially, the United Nations, African Union, or the OAS, or by way of funding NGO;s like Planned Parenthood.  Clinton replied: "It is my strongly help view that you are entitled to advocate and everyone who agrees to do so anywhere in the world and so are we."

Madame Hillary confirmed that the Obama's administration definition of "reproductive health" includes abortion and that " we are now an administration that will protect the rights of women, including their rights to reproductive healthcare."  

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