Planned Parenthood panned for 'coopting' Martin Luther King Jr. to promote abortion

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times - Monday, January 15, 2018

Planned Parenthood was panned on social media Monday for “coopting” Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights legacy to promote abortion.

The abortion giant’s tweet commemorating the federal holiday was met with jeers from people who brought up the organization’s unsavory founding.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. dedicated his life to the idea that racial and economic justice are foundational to our democracy. Today, we honor his courageous vision and radical action — and commit to furthering his dream by continuing the fight for justice. #MLKday pic.twitter.com/idQLDqjQLR
— Planned Parenthood (@PPact) January 15, 2018

Alexandra DeSanctis, a writer at National Review, accused Planned Parenthood of “coopting MLK to push your propaganda.”

Your group was founded by a eugenics enthusiast who peddled birth control in black and impoverished neighborhoods. Today, more black babies are aborted than born alive in NYC, your headquarters. You have no business coopting MLK to push your propaganda. https://t.co/izvrbmOQEs
— Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis) January 15, 2018

MLK despised you guys.
— Mark Jennings (@mark_law_jen) January 15, 2018

PP uses MLK to fit their narrative yet Margaret Sanger (founded PP) was an absolute racist! pic.twitter.com/0xxWGts12E
— Peter wohlars (@WohlarsPeter) January 15, 2018

Lmaooo y’all gonna tweet about MLK when you were literally created to eradicate black people
— Zak Morrow (@zak_morrow) January 15, 2018

“We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population” -PP Founder, Margaret Sanger.
Please tell us more about how you’re honoring his courageous vision. Are you going to plant yet another abortion clinic in a black neighborhood or something?
— sws (@SarahWS11790) January 15, 2018

You’re kidding, right?
— KO Designs (@Art2KnockOut) January 15, 2018

The civil rights issue of our day is the defense of the absolute Right to Life of every one. Just like we can’t tolerate a little bit of slavery, we can’t tolerate a little bit of abortion.
— Teófilo de Jesús (@VACathKnight) January 15, 2018