Margaret Sanger The Morality Of Birth Control

In the speech “The Morality of Birth Control” given by Margaret Sanger, she argues that American society needs to provide birth control information to women and men who are in lower economic situation. This paper will analyze the evidence given in the speech supporting the reasons why America should provide options and information about birth control to control the population of unproductive citizens. THESIS: Margaret Sanger argued that birth control did not compromise morality; she believed that American society was immoral in denying birth control information because it often led to unproductive citizens.
Should motherhood be left to chance, or should it be a choice? Children are a gift for those who are able to undertake the roll of motherhood,
Though this is true, is it morally right to allow those who are not physically or mentally able to take care of a child to procreate? There are numerous births each year where the child is born addicted to substances such as amphetamines or other types of chemical drugs. After birth, these children are forced to go through the painful process of withdrawal, and if they are able to survive, they are likely to have other mental and physical defects that can affect them for the rest of their life. The mothers of these children are unable to provide and are forced to give up their child to social services, thus creating the need for others to provide for these children, when all this could have been prevented by the use of birth control. Sanger argues that birth control is able to prevent the procreation of the “diseased, feebleminded, and are of the pauper element dependent, entirely upon the normal and fit members of society for their support,” thus limiting the amount of people in need of assistance. Every year there are more and more people diagnosed with diseases such as HIV, AIDs, cancer, heart disease, and other condition that causes pregnancy to be life threatening not only for the infant’s life, but for the mother’s life also. By carrying out these pregnancies the mother is putting her own life at stake due to the fact that she is unable to obtain the proper information to make a decision that could save her life. Sanger believes that it is the job of society to discourage and ultimately eliminate a social group that prevents the growth of the