Like Surgical Abortion, RU-486 has Racist Roots

It’s no secret that birth control and abortion have racist roots.  Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, pushed vehemently for the use of birth control and abortion to eliminate populations of people she deemed unfit and detrimental to America. In her writings and interviews (including video-taped interviews), she did not even attempt to hide her racist motivations.  Her articles included titles such as “Birth Control: The True Eugenics.”

Sanger believed that sterilizing the “unfit” would be “the salvation of the American civilization.”  She was not alone.  Dr. S. Adophus Knopf, a member of Sanger’s American Birth Control League (ABCL), warned of the menace posed by the “black” and “yellow” peril.  Board member Dr. Harry Laughlin wanted to purge America’s “bad strains.”

It is amazing that Planned Parenthood has yet to publicly distance itself from its racist underpinnings.  Instead, it distributes “Maggie” awards every year to honor people who, like Margaret Sanger, push its blatantly anti-life agenda.  “Maggie” would be proud that Planned Parenthood is sticking so closely to her “ideals.”

Indeed, in recent months pro-life student Lila Rose has caught Planned Parenthood employees accepting donations aimed at exterminating minorities.  But it doesn’t take an undercover operation to discover Planned Parenthood’s true intent.  Just look at where Planned Parenthood focuses its attention and where it builds its clinics: 78% of their clinics are in minority communities.

But birth control and surgical abortion didn’t work the way Sanger and Planned Parenthood had hoped.  After all, we still have poverty and minority populations.

Enter RU-486, the abortion “wonder drug.”

Created in France in 1980, President George H.W. Bush banned its importation for personal use. 

But in 1992, President Bill Clinton was elected.  Later, in 1996, the Population Council filed an application with the FDA for approval of RU-486 in the United States.  The drug was fast-tracked and approved in 2000.

Changes are expected when a new administration takes office.  We’ve certainly seen that with the Obama Administration.  But a letter dated January 6, 1992, addressed to “President-To-Be Clinton,” demonstrates that RU-486 – just like birth control and surgical abortion – was envisioned as a means to wipe out populations in this country deemed “unfit” by abortion supporters.

Written by attorney Ron Weddington – a modern-day Sanger crony – he urged President Clinton to “start immediately to eliminate the barely educated, unhealthy and poor segment of our country.”  He states, “… what we need to do as a nation is prevent … as many poor babies as possible.”

His answer? “[G]overnment is … going to have to provide vasectomies, tubal ligations, and abortions … RU-486 and conventional abortions.”  He mentioned that he was contemplating the option of setting up a non-profit corporation to license and distribute the abortion drug.

After ending his letter stating, “We don’t need more poor babies,” he adds the following chilling post-script:

“I was co-counsel in Roe v. Wade, have sired zero children and one fetus, the abortion of which was recently recounted by my ex-wife in her book…. I have never had one moment of regret.”

Perhaps the timeline is mere coincidence: President Bush bans the drug, President Clinton is elected, President Clinton receives a letter pushing the eugenic potential of RU-486, RU-486 is hastily approved by the FDA.  But one thing is clear – abortion was, is, and always will be used for bigoted purposes. 

History has been made in this country – we now have our first African-American President.  Ironically, he ardently supports the very organization that has worked for decades to wipe out minorities. 

When will the American people say, “Enough is enough”?