Quotes - Margaret Sanger wants to sterilize everyone

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Quote

"Eugenic sterilization is an urgent need ... We must prevent multiplication of this bad stock." - Margaret Sanger, April 1933 Birth Control Review.

Quote Status:	Out of Context
Attributed to:	Margaret Sanger
Category:	Eugenics; Birth Control
Submitted By:	Edward L Winston

Actual Details

"Eugenic sterilization is an urgent need" is the heading of the section the next part of the quote is in, in fact it's actually "Eugenic Sterilization: An Urgent Need" As noted right under that, the whole context of the section is: "The following essay is concerned only with sterilization as a voluntary practice, that is, when undertaken with the consent of the patient himself or his statutory guardians."

Source: April 1933 Birth Control Review - http://library.lifedynamics.com/Birth%20Control%20Review/1933-04%20April.pdf

Seen

Primarily seen on anti-abortion web sites, black genocide conspiracy web sites, and various conspiracy sites, such as Jones Report.