The Narthex
Margaret Sanger Versus Gandhi
He foresaw frightful results from widespread use of birth control
By Richard DellOrfano | October 23rd 2018 4:56 PMMargaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, met with Mahatma Gandhi to gain his support for her promotion of birth control devices versus using self-control of sexual desire. She was sorely disappointed, as he predicted rampant licentiousness would result from widespread use of such devices. In 1934, an Indian…
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Attacking a sound-bite straw man only masks the real evil
By Rob Agnelli (Archive) | October 19th 2018 6:35 PMIn a presentation at the Gates Foundation's “Goalkeepers” last month, French President Emmanuel Macron made comments that appeared to be critical of large families: “One of the critical issues of African demography is that this is not chosen fertility... I always say: ‘Present me the woman who decided, being perfectly…
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The Church was out-hustled by Margaret Sanger and her progeny
By Rob Agnelli (Archive) | October 16th 2018 4:29 PMWhen Margaret Sanger attempted to attack the Church’s opposition to contraception, she did so mainly through anecdotal evidence of the thousands of mothers suffering under the burden of too many children. She even went so far as to collect the stories of these women and bind them in a book…
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