Ace on "outside Jewish money" and other things

[Marta Russell]

>Nathan wrote:
>
>And frankly on the abortion issue, I spent too much
>time fundraising from Planned Parenthood members on the
>phone not to recognize that the euthanasia strain of
>pro-choice politics and funding is very real.  I don't
>agree with the "seamless garment" leftwing Catholicism
>of David Bonior and Dennis Kusinich, but it serves more
>respect on its own terms than many folks on the left
>give it.
>
>-- Nathan Newman
>

"In the era between the Great Depression and Roe v Wade a significant 
number of activists, intellectuals, academics, and professionals 
viewed eugenics, euthanasia, and birth control as kindred causes." 
Ian Dowbiggen, "A Rational Coalition": Eugenics, Euthanasia, and 
Birth Control in America, 1930-1970. Dowbiggin teaches history at the 
University of Prince Edward Island.

These intellectuals, says Dowbiggen, were concerned with the 
"responsible care of human life" and disabled persons as well as 
elderly persons were targets of this "care."  I am certain not one 
damn one of them actually considered the oppression of their subjects.

Marta
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Marta Russell
Los Angeles, CA
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