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Margaret Sanger and the Racist Roots of Planned Parenthood
Margaret Sanger, her sister, Ethel Byrne, and Fania Mindell opened the first birth control clinic in the United States in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York on October 16, 1916. The clinic was later raided by the NYPD, and all three women were arrested and charged with violating the Comstock Act for distributing obscene materials. After laws governing birth control were relaxed, Sanger founded the American Birth Control League in 1921, which was renamed the Planned Parenthood Federation of America in 1942.
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Tagged American Birth Control League, birth control, Cecile Richards, Charles Darwin, Comstock Act, Dan Forest, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ethel Byrne, Fania Mindell, Hillary Clinton, Ku Klux Klan, Margaret Sanger, MLK Day, Planned Parenthood, Students for Life of America
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Pharmacists For Life Condemns FDA Approval of Chemical Cousin of Abortion Pill (RU 486)
In many places of employment a gigantic board is posted listing the shortages and outages of essential medications, such as antibiotics, pain relievers, anesthetics and drugs for sedation. This problem has been significant for years, and has worsened considerably in the last year, impeding pharmacists’ ability to provide vital care for our patients. The FDA has placed the approval of this “chemical cousin” analog of mifepristone (sometimes known by its antiquated experimental name, RU 486) ahead of the need to address this severe health care issue.
Our disgust for the deadly FDA action is profound and beyond the ability to …
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Tagged Abortion, abortion pill, birth control, Chemical abortion, EllaOne, FDA, Pharmacists For Life, RU 486, Ulipristal acetate
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