13 min

Where is the Utopian Future Margaret Sanger Promised‪?‬ Audio Abort73

    • Society & Culture

Margaret Sanger was the founder of the birth control movement in America and the founder of the organization that became Planned Parenthood. She predicted in 1916 that it would only take two generations for birth control to eliminate poverty and mental illness—along with war, crime, ignorance, and disease. Four generations in, that vision hasn't been remotely realized. So why are we still all in on birth control?


This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit abort73.substack.com

Margaret Sanger was the founder of the birth control movement in America and the founder of the organization that became Planned Parenthood. She predicted in 1916 that it would only take two generations for birth control to eliminate poverty and mental illness—along with war, crime, ignorance, and disease. Four generations in, that vision hasn't been remotely realized. So why are we still all in on birth control?


This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit abort73.substack.com

13 min

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