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Planned Parenthood is So Far Right Even Republicans Shouldn’t Support It
In this eye-opening discussion, we delve into the controversial history and current practices of Planned Parenthood. From its eugenic origins to modern-day concerns, we explore:
* The shocking founding mission of Planned Parenthood
* Current statistics on abortion rates in minority communities
* Financial controversies and allegations of fraud
* The organization's pivot to gender transition services
* The presence of Planned Parenthood at political conventions
* A vision for reforming Planned Parenthood towards pronatalist goals
* The potential for IVF and genetic testing services
* Critiques of population modeling and fertility projections
Join us for this thought-provoking conversation that challenges common perceptions and proposes unconventional solutions to demographic challenges.
[00:00:00] And we should probably go into that. It's original mission was to genetically cleanse the United States of black people. In 1939, Singer began the Negro project the mission of the Negro Project was to put black doctors and nurses in charge of birth control clinics to reduce the mistrust that black individuals had about Getting sterilized.
So 80 percent of Planned Parenthood's abortion facilities are located in minority communities, even still. Yeah. The one that I used to go to was. Yeah. And if you look right now abortion through Planned Parenthood has reduced the black population in America by 25 percent since abortion was legalized in 1932. They've received 1. 78 billion in taxpayer money between 2019 and 2022. , I think a lot of the people making these donations, I think they receive a lot of support.
Small grassroots nations as well. Believe what I believed. Remember, I grew up in these progressive communities. I attended Planned Parenthood. My mother worked at a Planned Parenthood that, you know, I've come from, I come from a long line of Planned Parenthood supporters, [00:01:00] and we just thought that they were there to support women, just to help women plan families right now the Democratic National Convention is taking place
and Planned Parenthood is present. Offering abortion pills and vasectomies. And in there, no, no, no, no, not just offering, offering for free. . I want like afterwards a thing where like, there's two Planned Parenthood guys.
It's like. Driving out from the DNC, pull off their masks. And it's like, just like really Republican superheroes. Like, I can't, I didn't know they turned to each other. I cannot believe that just worked. We just drove up to the DNC with a sterilization ban. He said, free sterilization. And they marched their youth out there.
Bang, bang, bang, bang. Spayed and neutered.
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Hello, Simone. Today, we are going to be talking about an organization that I imagine your perspective on has changed pretty dramatically over your political evolution. And that organization is Planned [00:02:00] Parenthood. And I remember the moment where like you and I had like the biggest realization personally around Planned Parenthood was when we were trying to get pregnant.
For the first time, yeah, in 2016. You were really struggling with it. I it was, it was hard, you know, it was like, Oh my God, how are we going to make this happen? Right? And so you, coming out of Prague culture, you're like, Oh, who helps people get pregnant? Planned parenthood, right? Yeah. It's all about planning your parenthood.
Yeah. They're all about, you know, what? When you're going to have kids, when you're not going to have kids, you know, and so we're going to go to Planned Parenthood and they're going to have like services that will help me get pregnant, right? Yeah. Yeah. What did they tell you when you went to them with this?
We, we don't do that. Yeah, they, they told me they don't do that. They, they only really do the, they're a unidirectional pipeline. And this even was
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