How we cite our quotes: (Sentence)
Quote #4
And if we could organize a society for the prevention of cruelty to unborn children, we would make it a law that children should be brought into the world only when they were welcome, invited and wanted; that they would arrive with a clean bill of health and heritage; that they would possess healthy, happy, well-mated and mature parents. (92)
This is Margaret Sanger's ideal world, which she's attempting to create not only through the use of birth control but also through a list of requirements for parents. Does this ideal world come at price? If so, what is that price and who pays it?
Quote #5
We want to create a real Century of the Child--to usher in a Children's Era. We can do this by handing the terrific gift of life in bodies fit and perfect as can be fashioned. (106-107)
Sanger couches her birth control goals in language intended to demonstrate that birth control is good for children as well as for women. How does Sanger plan to arrive at the "Children's Era"? Have we reached it today? If not, which of her ideas could lead us closer to it?