Planned Parenthood opened first abortion clinic in 1970 years after Margaret Sanger founded

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How Planned Parenthood’s first abortion center went from ‘pregnancy detection’ to abortion

By Carole Novielli | LiveActionNews.org — Article text starts here
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This article is part four of a series on the history of Planned Parenthood. Read parts one, two, and three.

While Planned Parenthood was founded in 1942 by eugenicist Margaret Sanger, the organization didn’t open its first abortion facility until 1970. The decision to push for decriminalization of abortion and then subsequently begin committing abortions was brought in under Alan F. Guttmacher, a former vice president of the American Eugenics Society and president of Planned Parenthood in the 1960s, long after Margaret Sanger’s departure.

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In Live Action News’ series on this subject, we previously documented how former Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) president, Alan F. Guttmacher began advocating for abortion years before taking the helm of Planned Parenthood in…

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