Friday, February 5, 2010
Margaret Sanger-American Woman
"The Morality of Birth Control"
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/margaretsangermoralityofbirthcontrol.htm
"We claim that women should have the right over her own body & to say if she shall or if she shall not be a mother, as she see's fit. We further claim that the first right of a child is to be desired."
"We know that the masses of people are growing wiser & are using their own minds to decide their individual conduct. The more people of this kind we have, the less immorality shall exist. For the more responsible people grow, the higher do they & shall they attain real morality."
-Margaret Sanger
Why would we ever not trust women with the knowledge of their own bodies? We are not cavemen, we have the ability to choose when we create a child and build a strong prepared family, why would we not use that knowledge? The ultimate goal is to have a world that can handle and support all the people in it, birth control is a major part in creating a place where everyone is taken care of. A child does deserve to have a family that praises its existence and is willing and able to provide everything possible for them.
This article by Margaret Sanger represents what it means to be a woman in America because we do have the right and ability to stand up and demand our rights.
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Very powerful argument! We ARE NOT Cavemen! lol. Who other than a women has as much knowledge of the female body and behavior than us? Who?
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