The edges of life are controversial. On one side there are the debates about contraception, abortion and in vitro fertilisation. At the end of life the debates are about euthanasia, organ transplantation, and its cousin, brain death. Trauma surgeon Peter…
Category: Eugenics
A Pro-life view of ‘Tolerance’
"Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions.” G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) Something about ‘tolerance’ has always made me uncomfortable. I’ve long been aware that the loudest preachers of tolerance are the ones who are the most intolerant of…
Eugenic thought is alive and well in New Zealand
The furore caused by Michael Law's recent comments regarding eradicating Down syndrome should not surprise anyone. Eugenic thought is alive and well in New Zealand, and has been for some time. Laws, who is a Whanganui District Health Board Member,…
The unabridged Margaret Sanger
Below are some quotations by Margaret Sanger writing in the Birth Control Review, published over the period 1917-1940 by the American Birth Control League (ABCL), forerunner of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). This organization, founded by Sanger, currently…