Back to Sanger — her main interest was NOT the emancipation of women — it was eugenics, pure and simple. More from the “fit” and less from the “unfit.” She was a big hit with the Klan, as can be seen here (scroll down for famous picture): http://bigjournalism.com/sswift/2010/01/22/thirty-seven-years-after-roe-v-wade-a-disenfranchised-silent-generation/
I am no Sanger fan. I was just commenting that, if this or posts like it are meant to persuade, they may be more effective if they acknowledge that not all impulses toward the pill were eugenics or licentiousness. As I read repeated references to craven individuals refusing to accept responsibility etc, I imagined the faces of some of those women who actually had 15 plus children and wondered how to care for the next one. Or those women who suffered complications with growing frequency until childbirth became a routine fight for life. I am not suggesting that posts should support these women should they use contraceptives, just found myself thinking that they should not be lumped in with tireless fornicators, adulterers etc.