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* Opponents of abortion and birth control sometimes combine a Quote Mine with a [[Hitler Ate Sugar]], attempting to "prove" that Planned Parenthood is racist because Margaret Sanger once said "We do not want word to get out that we are trying to exterminate the Negro population." The reason she didn't want that word to get out is that, well, that ''wasn't'' what she was trying to do in the first place. The quote was from a conversation with a popular minister in a black community and was about finding ways to extend her services to black women who needed them ''without'' being suspected of specifically targeting a group of people for elimination. The quote is used to accuse her of exactly what she was trying to ''avoid'' being accused of. |
* Opponents of abortion and birth control sometimes combine a Quote Mine with a [[Hitler Ate Sugar]], attempting to "prove" that Planned Parenthood is racist because Margaret Sanger once said "We do not want word to get out that we are trying to exterminate the Negro population." The reason she didn't want that word to get out is that, well, that ''wasn't'' what she was trying to do in the first place. The quote was from a conversation with a popular minister in a black community and was about finding ways to extend her services to black women who needed them ''without'' being suspected of specifically targeting a group of people for elimination. The quote is used to accuse her of exactly what she was trying to ''avoid'' being accused of. |
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** It's worth noting that no denomination of Christianity believed that any form of artificial birth control was permissible until 1930, and they likened the use of contraceptives by married couples to fornication or sodomy. |
** It's worth noting that no denomination of Christianity believed that any form of artificial birth control was permissible until 1930, and they likened the use of contraceptives by married couples to fornication or sodomy. |
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*** Except that that assertion is complete pants. No Christian denomination had anything to say on the subject before 1930. |
*** Except that that assertion is complete pants. [[Asbestos-Free Cereal|No Christian denomination had anything to say on the subject before 1930.]] |
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