that's margaret sanger. that's margaret sanger whose was adorns an award that so revered by secretary clinton and now by former speaker pelosi. that's unbelievable. that anybody would be held in high esteem, who would make that statement, the most merciful thing that the large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it. for heaven's sake. that's not all. he had plenty more to say. she said we should apply stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation to that grade of population whose progeny is tainted or whose inherentans is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to offspring. in her -- and that was from plan for peace from birth control review, april, 1932. e first quote i read was woman and the new race from chapter 6, the wickedness of creating large families. but then from america needs a code for babies in march of 1934, article 1, the purpose of the american baby code shall be to provide for a better distribution of babies. and it protects society against the propagati

repressive about the movement and george bernard shaw and also with contraception in driving margaret sanger and out of the country. a very fierce man. even for a whole month there were in prison without any sense of a trial. these are not nice prisons. but those who made fun of him. there was a wonderful cartoon standing with this woman speaking to a judge and he says, your honor, she just gave birth to a naked baby. [laughter] and i want to read a few things though women have said with their own voice. because of what their life was like with high drama they knew everybody from presidents to future kings kings, harry it ward beecher , , beecher stowe, a thank you. i get them mixed up. and henry james. so there were these outrageous women at a time that it was there for the men. i will not go into a wall here but the life and times so interesting it was the fifth avenue hotel had a vertical railway which was an elevator. the first one ever. all of these guys would come to fleece each other on the hilt and on wall street. one guy named daniel that as a cattle drover was leaving his cattle an

if you go back and look at the history of margaret sanger, her goal in introducing birth control was to reduce the number of children born to undesirables in the country. it was really not a neutral method of reducing population size. i think the government has to stay out of that area. i think the government has to really be very careful about never telling families whether it's a good thing or a pad thing to have more -- bad thing to have more children or fewer children. and anything that gets into that business even in terms of suggestion, even a bully pulpit, i think, treads on far too dangerous ground. >> i think as a matter of prudence government likely would not say we want you to have more children, especially given the disfunctionalty that attends so much of social and cultural life now. but i do have a different view which is while respecting conscience, the government can, in fact, be -- if it so chooses -- to be pro-life. we want -- the more the merrier. >> could it also then be pro-choice? >> well, as -- of course. the government can be pro-choice. as long as freedom of

we are back in like margaret sanger days. >> it is a good point, but politicians are back in the 1950s have moved forward. it is the most commonly used form for women, they use it in a whole host of scenarios. why we are now having this argument i have no idea. except that there is a handful of politicians who want to keep women from having access to family planning and reproductive health care. >> and control over their own bodies. >> there you go. >> should the employers be except from the contraception mandate? no, 53% say no, 41 say yes. cecile, it is always a pleasure to see you. >> thank you. >>> after the break, get happy. congressman and civil rights icon john lewis shows off his dance moves. pharrell, you would be proud. that is next. whenever you're r. thank you. thank you. i got this. oh, no, i'll get it! let me get it. uh-uh-uh. i don't want you to pay for this. it's not happening, honey. let her get it. she got her safe driving bonus check from allstate last week. and it's her treat. what about a tip? oh, here's one... get an allstate agent. nice! [ female announcer ] swit

countries with backgrounds, there have been efforts to try to thece, you know, people by way praise margaret sanger if you go back and look at is history, her goal in introducing reduce theol was to number of children born to undesirables in the country. neutraleally not a method of reducing population size. i think the government has to that area. i think the government has to realty be very careful about families whether it is a good thing or a bad thing to have more children tore fewer children. and anything that gets into that business, even in terms of pullpiton, even a bully treads on too dangerous ground. would not say we want you to have more children, especially given the dysfunctionallity that attends so much of social and cultural life now. different view which is while respecting cancience, the government in fact be if it so chooses to be prolife. merrier.he more the >> could it also then be prochoice? course. of the government can be prochoice. as long as freedom of conscience. i mean to me that is the democratic conversation. >> why should the government on that?position why shouldn't

the serious decision of having a child of course it was far from easy to get to this point when margaret sangeropen america's first family planning clinic in brooklyn in one thousand sixteen it was shut down just ten days later sanger would go on to found the precursor organization of planned parenthood but it wasn't until nineteen thirty eight but a federal judge lifted the obscenity ban on contraception but even then birth control measures remain illegal in almost every state and it wasn't until nine hundred sixty five the supreme court struck down multiple state laws prohibiting the use of contraception for married couples today birth control is as effective as ever and as a primary reason why less and less women are having abortions in this country in fact a study released last month by the group maker institute showed that today's abortion rate is at its lowest point since one nine hundred seventy three and in two thousand and eleven there were fewer than seventeen abortions for every one thousand women and today birth control remains more acceptable than ever in fact polls from two thousa