The World Justice Project engages advocates from across the globe and from diverse interests and disciplines to advance the rule of law, the website says. The World Health Organization donates to organization which claims children are born sexual. This time, Sanger and her sister, Ethel Byrne, were arrested for breaking a New York state law that prohibited distribution of contraceptives. The United Way shunts a portion of all donations, unless earmarked otherwise, to Planned Parenthood. [153] Between (and including) 1953 and 1963, Sanger was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 31 times. 'You are a nursecan you tell me? ", Some shared a post from an apocalyptic blog called Tricentennial, which carried the incendiary headline, "BILL GATES FATHER RAN PLANNED PARENTHOOD, HIS MOTHER CREATED MICROSOFT, TOGETHER THEY TRAINED THEIR SON TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF EUGENICS.". She believed that exercising such control would lead to the "strongest and most sacred passion". ", The World Health Organization donates to organization which claims children are born sexual. He has been thinking about this time since he was a child, and thrilling to the latest abortion stories told by his father, then CEO of Planned Parenthood, at the dinner table. The IPPF organization was originally created by a eugenicist and Planned Parenthood's original founder, Margaret Sanger, in the 1950s. As NBC News reports, William Gates Sr. was a trustee of the organization and worked onthe board of Planned Parenthood prior to his death in September 2020. All rights reserved. [87][88][89] Others, such as Charles Valenza, state that this notion is based on a misreading of Sanger's words. Because of William's association with Planned Parenthood, an unfounded rumor began to spread suggesting Bill promoted the idea of eugenics the practice of selective breeding after being encouraged to by his dad. SEATTLE William H. Gates II, a lawyer and philanthropist best known as the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has died at 94. The businessman's life has been a source of intrigue for many, no more so than after he announced on May 3 that he was splitting from his wife, Melinda Gates. Some of these topics include abortion, pornography, the Sexual Revolution, and euthanasia. Therefore we hold that every woman must possess the power and freedom to prevent conception except when these conditions can be satisfied. The William H. Gates family has an unparalleled record of service to the University of Washington, the community, the region and the world, the website says. Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I comment. Aug 28, 2022. RT @EtienneJansen: Bill Gates is groot aandeelhouder van Mc Donalds en tevens van abortusklinieken keten Planned Parenthood In de USA zijn ondertussen meer dan 60.000.000 abortussen gepleegd Getes is tevens aandeelhouder van Picknic thuisbezorg supermarktketen samen met van der Wal en co. Hmmm? W. W. Norton & Company. However, Typical pro-life publications critical of Sanger include theologian. Your sexuality develops and changes throughout your life. (Ibid., p. With all of the problems facing humanity at the moment, Bill Gates and his class wouldlike us to believe that it is our children that are the problem. Michael had immigrated to the United States aged fourteen, joining the Army in the Civil War as a drummer aged fifteen. In 1928, Slee would smuggle diaphragms into New York through Canada[24]:255 in boxes labeled as 3-In-One Oil. The IPPF suggested in multiple instances that children are born sexual. Anne accompanied her family to Canada during the Great Famine. Despite the fact that IPPF defined a child as under the age of 18, per the UN's Convention of the Rights of a Child, the toolkit excluded weighing on the approximate age of a child's ability to consent with an adult. Legal Statement. Gates has donated $80 million to this organization to promote the sexualization and prostitution of children. Sanger invested a great deal of effort communicating with the general public. [161] There is a Margaret Sanger Lane in Plattsburgh, New York and an Alle Margaret Sanger in Saint-Nazaire, France. Planned Parenthood, said that children under 10 should learn about being sexually attracted to gender diverse people. Other significant donors included the World Health Organization. [156][157] In 1981, Sanger was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. [135] Initially she advocated that the responsibility for birth control should remain with able-minded individual parents rather than the state. [91] That effort failed to achieve success, so Sanger ordered a diaphragm from Japan in 1932, in order to provoke a decisive battle in the courts. one of the richest men in the world, Bill Gates, Bill would spend a weekend with his former girlfriend and business partner Ann Winblad, things turned nasty between Bill and Melinda, Bill and Melinda Gates donated $1.73 million. Upon leaving the army, he studied medicine and phrenology but ultimately became a stonecutter, chiseling-out angels, saints, and tombstones. The claims have repeatedly spread across social media, with many sharing a headline from a blog post that didn't appear to provide any evidence for the claims. PARIS, France, July 6, 2021 ( LifeSiteNews) The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a donation of $2.1 billion to fund family planning that includes abortions and contraceptives. "[17]:217 Sanger consistently distanced herself from any calls for legal access to abortion, arguing that legal access to contraceptives would remove the need for abortion. It is exactly what the Nazis did, and it is what Margaret Sanger believed and practiced all her life. There are many who do not understand why pro-lifers do not trust philanthropists such as Bill Gates, George Soros, and others. She also wanted to prevent so-called back-alley abortions,[10] which were common at the time because abortions were illegal in the U.S.[11] She believed that, while abortion may be a viable option in life-threatening situations for the pregnant, it should generally be avoided. [114], Over the course of her career, Sanger was arrested at least eight times for expressing her views during an era in which speaking publicly about contraception was illegal. ", Sex educators, according to the NGO, should have an "Understanding of young people as sexual beings. [101] One of her surviving brothers was College Football Hall of Fame player and Pennsylvania State University Head Football coach Bob Higgins. [83] Sanger's work with minorities earned praise from Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr.; when he was not able to attend his Margaret Sanger award ceremony, in May 1966, Mrs. King read her husband's acceptance speech that praised Sanger, but first said her own words: "Because of [Sanger's] dedication, her deep convictions, and for her suffering for what she believed in, I would like to say that I am proud to be a woman tonight. 1995 - 2023 by Snopes Media Group Inc. or redistributed. [13], In 1921, Sanger founded the American Birth Control League, which later became the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. On This #ThrowBackThursday I bring you Mary Maxwell Gates. He is a hardcore eugenicist, with the blood of hundreds of thousands and millions His father, Bill Gates sr. was a strong eugenicist and board member of planned parenthood, an organization that we have covered in the past with how they are involved in eugenics practices, selling dead baby parts etc. 312. Special night at @UW Celebrating the life of Mary Maxwell Gates and her family's generous gift. It was my father who taught me to value myself. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. Why, Moyers wanted to know, are you so passionate about reproductive issues? Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. [145], Sanger's story also features in several biographies, including David Kennedy's biography Birth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger (1970), which won the Bancroft Prize and the John Gilmary Shea Prize. As [93], This 1936 contraception court victory was the culmination of Sanger's birth control efforts, and she took the opportunity, now in her late 50s, to move to Tucson, Arizona, intending to play a less critical role in the birth control movement. By submitting your information, you agree to allow LifeSiteNews to send you email communications. That year she became the first woman to serve as a director of First Interstate Bank and the first woman to serve as the president of the King Countys United Way. She joined the Women's Committee of the New York Socialist party, took part in the labor actions of the Industrial Workers of the World (including the notable 1912 Lawrence textile strike and the 1913 Paterson silk strike) and became involved with local intellectuals, left-wing artists, socialists and social activists, including John Reed, Upton Sinclair, Mabel Dodge and Emma Goldman. [92] This court victory motivated the American Medical Association in 1937 to adopt contraception as a normal medical service and a key component of medical school curriculums. [19] In 22 years, Anne Higgins conceived 18 times, giving birth to 11 live babies before dying aged 49. [150][151] Sanger was an inspiration for Wonder Woman, the comic-book character introduced by William Marston in 1941. Bill Gates Sr. was Bill Gates, Schultz told Yahoo Finance. [W]as there a revelation?, When I was growing up, my parents were always involved in various volunteer things, Gatesanswered. [131][132] Sanger wrote, "we [do not] believe that the community could or should send to the lethal chamber the defective progeny resulting from irresponsible and unintelligent breeding. [67], In 1922, Sanger traveled to China. WebHis life story started in Seattle Washington DC on October 28, 1955. 29 Apr 2023 08:32:51 "[107][108] Sanger said that birth control would elevate women away from the position of being objects of lust and elevate sex away from an activity that was purely being engaged in for the purpose of satisfying lust, saying that birth control "denies that sex should be reduced to the position of sensual lust, or that woman should permit herself to be the instrument of its satisfaction. Rather unsurprisingly, a fact-check conducted by Snopes concluded that no evidence has been found to back up any claims that Bill Gates' fatherembraced eugenics or was in charge of Planned Parenthood throughout his life. One of the projects funded by the grant is Abortion Access in Crisis and Conflict Zones, which is staffed by Jill Filipovic and Nichole Sobecki both known for their pro-abortion writing. Supported by her two older sisters, Margaret Higgins attended Claverack College and Hudson River Institute, before enrolling in 1900 at White Plains Hospital as a nurse probationer. He is the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates . A post shared by Bill Gates (@thisisbillgates). Aside from Gates, the World Health Sanger popularized the term "birth control", opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, and established organizations that evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. We encourage students development of creative, courageous ideas and efforts. [147] In 2013, the American cartoonist Peter Bagge published Woman Rebel, a full-length graphic-novel biography of Sanger. She served on the board with IBM CEO John Opel, which garnered her a relationship with the man that would give her son his first shot at success. Both of Gates parents served on several boards and were heavily involved in philanthropic and community endeavors, including donating to their Alma mater, the University of Washington, serving on United Way boards and leading Planned Parenthood. ". Sanger's acceptance of eugenics ideas has been used by opponents to attack the modern-day Planned Parenthood organization, falsely claiming it was founded to eliminate the Black community and continues to do so. Gates has donated $80 million to this organization to promote the sexualization and prostitution of children. She is widely viewed as one of the strongest people in this community for getting things done, Eileen V. Quigley of the league told the New York Times. William H. Gates Sr. died on Monday at the age of 94. [24]:111117[105] Sanger also believed that sexuality, along with birth control, should be discussed with more candor,[24]:1314 and praised Ellis for his efforts in this direction. [56] Only when Sanger pledged that Byrne would never break the law was she pardoned after ten days. "[27] A few months later, Sanger was called back to Sadie's apartmentonly this time, Sadie died shortly after Sanger arrived. [15] In 1929, she formed the National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control, which served as the focal point of her lobbying efforts to legalize contraception in the United States. But, is there any truth to the rumors that suggest Bill Gates' father was in charge of Planned Parenthood and hadlinks to the eugenics movement? 104ff.) She also advised him on the importance of reaching out to Black ministers, writing:[86]. He was 94. However, as reported by Snopes, there's never been any actual evidence to suggest Bill has ever supported eugenics and the whole theory appears to be a "wild assumption. This decision was made in response to criticisms over Sanger's promotion of eugenics. After Sanger's appeal of her conviction for the Brownsville clinic secured a 1918 court ruling that exempted physicians from the law prohibiting the distribution of contraceptive information to women (provided it was prescribed for medical reason), she established the Clinical Research Bureau (CRB) in 1923 to exploit this loophole. #UWHuskies #GoDawgs pic.twitter.com/ErUJnGeZ1I, Bragg & Associates (@braggassociates) April 6, 2017. [65] The clinic received extensive funding from John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his family, who continued to make anonymous donations to Sanger's causes in subsequent decades. She wrote that "every normal man and woman has the power to control and direct his sexual impulse. The Universitys largest endowment for undergraduate scholarships, the Mary Gates Endowment invests in undergraduate students engaged in research and leadership projects, encouraging student learning inside and beyond the classroom, the website says. It's been rumored for years that Bill Gates had a strong connection to Planned Parenthood because of his father, the late William Gates Sr. Date of merger recorded as 1938 (not 1939) in: O'Conner, Karen. They became estranged in 1913, but the divorce was not finalized until 1921. [68]:24 Also following Sanger's visit, a wide range of texts on birth control and population issues were imported into China. His parents were rather well off, so he together with his two siblings (Kristianne and Libby Gates) could afford The Gates Foundation is also a big contributor to Planned Parenthood. [155] The 1979 artwork The Dinner Party features a place setting for her. [123] Sanger's view put her at odds with leading American eugenicists, such as Charles Davenport, who took a racist view of inherited traits. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com, Bill Gates' father "ran" Planned Parenthood and taught his son to spread the "gospel of eugenics. What is true is that Bill's father worked on the board, which he also did for a number of other companies, including United Way (per University of Washington Magazine). [24]:65 Both were published in book form in 1916. ", Bill has showed his support for Planned Parenthood, just not in the way some have suggested. Therein, of course, lies the answerwe do not think that abortion and birth control pills and Planned Parenthood sex education are making the world a better place. [97] In the early 1950s, Sanger encouraged philanthropist Katharine McCormick to provide funding for biologist Gregory Pincus to develop the birth control pill which was eventually sold under the name Enovid. But amid all this speculation about his private life, one rumor that's hounded the tech connoisseur for years is his apparent connection to Planned Parenthood. During the 1920s, Sanger received hundreds of thousands of letters, many of them written in desperation by women begging for information on how to prevent unwanted pregnancies. "[40] In these early years of Sanger's activism, she viewed birth control as a free-speech issue, and when she started publishing The Woman Rebel, one of her goals was to provoke a legal challenge to the federal anti-obscenity laws which banned dissemination of information about contraception. His exact words and actions, apparently, were to laugh and say "You want your cake while you eat it too, do you? 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Michael had immigrated to the United States aged fourteen, joining the Army in the Civil War as a drummer aged fifteen. The sex ed toolkit from The International Planned Parenthood Federation, which operates separately from the U.S. "[124] Sanger was supported by one of the most racist authors in America in the 1920s, the Klansman Lothrop Stoddard,[125][126] who was a founding member of the Board of Directors of Sanger's American Birth Control League. WebGates served on the boards of numerous organizations in the Pacific Northwest, including the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, King County United Way and Planned Parenthood. She shared their concern that over-population led to poverty, famine and war. Children under 10 should also be told "As you grow up, you might start to be interested in people with diverse gender identities," the toolkit said. Margaret Sanger worked as a visiting nurse in the slums of the East Side, while her husband worked as an architect and a house painter. Bill Gates mom, Mary Gates, helped her son form a lucrative relationship with I.B.M., securing a contract with his fledgling company, Microsoft, according to the New York Times. In A History of the Birth Control Movement in America, Engelman also noted that "Sanger quite effortlessly looked the other way when others spouted racist speech. Schultz was still $2 million short on financing, but Gates said he and his son would invest. Throughout late 2020, various social media users worked to spread an unfounded rumor that Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates' father "ran" the reproductive health non-profit Planned Parenthood and taught his son "to spread the gospel of eugenics. Flyers she distributed to women exhorted them in all capitals: "Do not kill, do not take life, but prevent. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has kept up the legacy of Bill Gates Sr., granting funding to organizations that distribute the abortion pillas well asInternational Planned Parenthood. [61], In February 1917, Sanger began publishing the monthly periodical Birth Control Review. [162] There is a bust of Sanger in the National Portrait Gallery, which was a gift from Cordelia Scaife May. [4] Due to her connection with Planned Parenthood, Sanger is frequently criticized by opponents of abortion. "[58] Sanger was offered a more lenient sentence if she promised to not break the law again, but she replied: "I cannot respect the law as it exists today. A friend told Howard Schultz to meet with Bill Gates Sr., a prominent Seattle attorney. We further maintain that it is her right, regardless of all other considerations, to determine whether she shall bear children or not, and how many children she shall bear if she chooses to become a mother. This is a sinister justification of the murder of our weakest citizens, funded by the most powerful. It was used to fund the South-North Adolescent Partnership, the Project to Combat Gender-Based Violence in Latin America, and Brothers for Change. Other reports have claimedthings turned nasty between Bill and Melindaand their family. Bill Gates was born to powerful parents: Bill Gates Sr., an attorney, and Mary Maxwell Gates, a prominent Seattle busines woman who helped her son launch Microsoft. The ministers work is also important and also he should be trained, perhaps by the [Birth Control] Federation [of America] as to our ideals and the goal that we hope to reach. [51] He later became the first legal manufacturer of diaphragms in the United States. The Gates family long had an interest in the subject of population control and reproductive health. However she would appeal to both ideas as a rhetorical tool. She married Michael in 1869. According to Snopes, the term "eugenics"is one commonly used by anti-abortion activists to attack Planned Parenthood, an organization they controversially believe was foundedto eliminate the Black community. The clinic was directed by a 15-member advisory board consisting of Black doctors, nurses, clergy, journalists, and social workers. ", Correspondence between Sanger and McCormick, from, This page was last edited on 29 April 2023, at 19:17. [106], Sanger opposed censorship throughout her career. "[119] Sanger was a proponent of negative eugenics, which aimed to improve human hereditary traits through social intervention by reducing the reproduction of those who were considered unfit. to promote abortion in European media outlets to further his agenda: Honor your mother this May with a tribute donation of any amount to LifeSite and we will send her a special LifeSite Mothers Day card Opportunity lasts until May 12. [163][164] Sanger, a crater in the northern hemisphere of Venus, takes its name from Margaret Sanger. She also was the first woman on the First Interstate Bank of Washingtons board of directors, according to a posthumous portrait. For the children's sakehelp me! "Birth control: What it is, How it works, What it will do", The number of letters is reported as "a quarter million", "over a million", or "hundreds of thousands" in various sources, Engelman, Peter, "McCormick, Katharine Dexter", in, "The Child Who Was Mother to a Woman" from, At this time several other prominent advocates for birth control, such as. In 1930, Sanger opened a family planning clinic in Harlem that sought to enlist support for contraceptive use and to bring the benefits of family planning to women who were denied access to their city's health and social services. "[84], From 1939 to 1942, Sanger was an honorary delegate of the Birth Control Federation of America, which included a supervisory rolealongside Mary Lasker and Clarence Gamblein the Negro Project, an effort to deliver information about birth control to poor Black people.
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