The Case for Birth Control - Margaret Sanger

The Case for Birth Control - Margaret Sanger

Margaret Sanger is a nurse who promoted birth control as a means by which a woman could exercise control over her life and health. She is considered a birth control pioneer and a social reformer. She is affiliated with organizations such as Planned Parenthood and the Birth Control League.

I am certain that Margaret Sanger and I have very different viewpoints. She notes 9 reasons why and when birth control should be used and some of them are laughable. For instance, in her first reason she notes four 'inheritable' diseases, none of which I believe we consider inheritable today.

Can you see Satan's deceptiveness veiled behind her persuasiveness words? I can when she says, "When children are conceived in love and born into an atmosphere of happiness, then will parenthood be a glorious privilege, and the children will grow to resemble gods. This can only be obtained through the knowledge and practice of Birth Control."

If God created the ability to procreate and He intended it to be a blessing for us, then you can be certain that Satan will try to destroy the good in it any way he can. He's so slick with his words that come across as caring about us, that this is for our own good, that we can be in control. Isn't that the same lie he used with Eve in the garden? Why do we keep buying into that same old lie?

Another thing that strikes me is that proponents of birth control and abortion always talk about the freedom of women. In the 'case' Margaret Sanger lays out there seems to be a lot of rules listed. Where is the freedom in that?

Then there is her comments about who is 'fit' to have children and who isn't. Where is the freedom in that? This isn't freedom. It is one person's misguided perception of who is worthy based on health or economic conditions.

One final comment. Margaret Sanger comes from a large, poor family. Just think - if her mother would have heeded the advice Margaret later preached, she may never have been born. I wonder if she is glad she was able to live out a life in this world despite any hardships that may have presented themselves along the way. Food for thought!