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Coalition Work is Messy: Lessons from a History of Compromise and Influence

JL;DR SUMMARY Samira Mehta's article explores the complex history of Margaret Sanger and the birth control movement, highlighting the messy intersections of eugenics, coalition politics, and Jewish involvement in social causes. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryMargaret SangerBirth ControlPlanned ParenthoodSocial ChangeJewish AdvocacyCompromiseEugenicsCoalition PoliticsRabbi Sidney Goldstein

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New York, United States
"In 2020, the New York Planned Parenthood removed Sangers name from their flagship clinic because of her ties to eugenics, which had by that time become well known."

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