September 28, 2009...6:00 am

The Racism of “Birth Control”

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One of the most unconsidered aspects of the entire birth control debate is the history of the movement itself. Like any seismic social shift, the birth control movement in the United States had many angles, many spokesmen and women, and countless streams. It is of little historical doubt however, that every stream flowed from the same polluted fountain: eugenics.

Abortion and birth control are not just linked philosophically, though that too is undeniable. They are twin barrels of one eugenically-loaded gun that was aimed at the root of humanity itself. I wonder how many Christians considering the ethics of contraception today have weighed the history of this movement and, like the video below, have found it strikingly wanting?

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