{"id":2581,"date":"2008-08-02T23:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-02T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/meet-margaret.html"},"modified":"2008-08-02T23:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-02T23:40:00","slug":"meet-margaret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/meet-margaret.html","title":{"rendered":"Meet Margaret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SJUqLFNk0hI\/AAAAAAAACs0\/KBqap60PB58\/s1600-h\/0437_18innova.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SJUqLFNk0hI\/AAAAAAAACs0\/KBqap60PB58\/s320\/0437_18innova.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>With so much attention over the last few days being directed at the anniversary of <i>Humanae Vitae<\/i> a certain amount of attention should also go to the woman pictured on the left.  <\/p>\n<p>She is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_Sanger\">Mrs. Margaret Sanger<\/a>, the founder of Planned Parenthood.  <\/p>\n<p>I discovered the other day a rare television interview with her &#8212; and it bears watching.  It&#8217;s from Mike Wallace&#8217;s old TV show in the 1950&#8217;s, and it&#8217;s almost impossible to find conversation this thoughtful on television anymore. The interview ranges from a discussion about birth control, to the Catholic Church, to natural law, infidelity and sin.   <\/p>\n<p>It also includes some eye-popping commercials for cigarettes.  <\/p>\n<p>Curious?  Take a look <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.utexas.edu\/multimedia\/video\/2008\/wallace\/sanger_margaret.html\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With so much attention over the last few days being directed at the anniversary of Humanae Vitae a certain amount of attention should also go to the woman pictured on the left. She is Mrs. Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood. 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