and also at this time, margaret sanger was actively agitating for rights for women for birth control and getting attacked by police and driven off the stage time and time again. so this is from our book. go ahead, speak freely. and fast forward again to the man who was probably our most eloquent ever user of free speech, martin luther king, whose whole -- his only weapon was his free speech and he used it as we all know brilliantly, and he paid for it, of course, with his life. but to put it in modern terms, i mean, if you switch how you look at things, the police who were suppressing and attacking him, we find your speech to be hurtful, dr. king. it was more than hurtful, of course. onward, in my career religions have been the most insensitive. it's okay if you're praising them, it's a blasphemous if you're not. we need to see it so we know if we need to ban. this was a portion of the book about religion. and to prove that we shouldn't be taking them quite so literally, after the danish cartoonist debacle, there were many cartoons defending -- or protesting the attack on the cartoon

and when you read about figures like mary bethinker or margaret sanger, you know and what they risked. by raising their voices i i think it can inspire you to raise yours. okay. well, that's i'm getting some questions from the audience and believing in audience free speech i would like to turn to the first one. i see of those. is there a place where the right to free speech is rightfully curtailed like when it incites violence. sure. look i mean nadine is the expert on this not me but no right is absolute right? you can't call it the white house and say you're gonna murder the president right or to take like a more obvious example from higher ed, you know, i couldn't say to a student. i like the sweater you're wearing and if you wear it again on tuesday, i'll give you an egg, right. is that a limit on my speech? will of course it is by the way one that i'm very happy to accept. i most forms of sexual harassment or verbal right and they're illegal so obviously there are limits on things that we can say. but i think it's really important to go back to tinker in the school case that if a

margaret sanger made it very clear that she wanted abortions to be a way to control the number of black folks in this country. in new york city, more black nowin new york city, more black, babies are aborted than they are born. this has been a trend for several years. liberals always claimed they are so in favor of minorities. you are really not. i do not agree with what this law says in terms of no exceptions for rate or --rape or incest. ms. erin calls those who are opposed vigilantes, you are totally out of touch with average people. guest: i would say look at the words. it tells you everything you need to know. the other thing, if you look at the makeup of planned parenthood , a soldier for reproductive rights and other pro-abortion organizations, you see a very rich diversity. many viewpoints, many women and men from all walks of life is one of the most constituent -- certainly promoting issues that an overwhelming majority of women from all corners of the country agree with. at the moment, it is a wide, diverse constituency of women and an important one. it makes of the majority o

margaret sanger made it very clear that she wanted abortions to be a way to control the number of black folks in this country. in new york city, more black babies are aborted than they are born. this has been a trend for several years. liberals, we are in favor of minorities. you are really not. i don't agree with what this law says in terms of no exception for rape or insets, but abortion is not listed in the constitution. they are citizens, and it shows you what happens when you stay in washington, d.c. too long. you are totally, totally out of touch with average people. host: can we get a response? guest: i would say look at the words of the statute. that tells you everything. the only thing i could say, if you look at the makeup of planned parenthood, the center for reproductive rights, and other pro-abortion organizations , you see a very rich diversity. many, many viewpoints. many women and men from all walks of, races. i think it is one of the most diverse constituencies in this country, and certainly an issue that overwhelming majorities of women from all corners of the country

marriage rate declined, birth rates declined, contraceptive use increased. , that was partly due to margaret sanger's campaign for contraception contraceptives. >> eleanor roosevelt is one of the most influential. many people know about or at least my mother used to talk always about her. her weekly press meetings, the way she established women by giving them access in the white house. but there is also a bit of a contradiction. given the circumstances of the economy, eleanor roosevelt said that married women should step out of the workforce in favor of their husbands. in fact the national economy, provision to 13, said only one man one member of the family could be in civil service. three quarters of the members who resigned were women. so that's moving women into a kind of a gray area. however eleanor roosevelt did advocate for equal pay for equal work. the next slide, executive women, became a bible for women if the period. it is full of homely device homely advice, of how to save, money take care of, things how to you know a crescent piece, but no they also told women they should prepare for the

contraceptive use increased, which was partially due to the particularly in this area of the country, margaret sanger's campaign for contraception which, in the teens and '20s took off. planned parenthood was in existence then. eleanor roosevelt is one of the most influential of all the figures. many people know about her. my mother yugsed to talk always about her. weekly press meetings. the way she established women reporters as giving them access in the white house. but there is also a little bit of a a contradiction. giveen the circumstances of the economy. eleanor roosevelt said married women should step out of the workforce in favor of their husbands. and in fact, the national economy provision, 213, said only one family member could be in civil service and three quarters of federal workers who resigned were, in fact, women. that is moving women into a kind of grey area. however, eleanor roosevelt did advocate for equal pay for equal work. and then, next slide. it's up to the women. became a sort of bible for women of the period. it is full of homely advice about how to take care of things, how to

margaret sanger made it very clear that she wanted abortions to be a way to control the number of blackks in this country. in new york city, more black babies are aborted than they are born. this has been a trend for several years. liberals, we are in favor of minorities. you are really not. i don't agree with what this law says in terms of no exception for rape or insets, but abortion is not listed in the constitution. they are citizens, and it shows you what happens when you stay in washington, d.c. too long. you are totally, totally out of touch with average people. host: can we get a response? guest: i would say look at the words of the statute. that tells you everything. the only thing i could say, if you look at the makeup of planned parenthood, the center for reproductive rights, and other pro-abortion organizations , you see a very rich diversity. many, many viewpoints. many women and men from all walks of, races. i think it is one of the most diverse constituencies in this country, and certainly an issue that overwhelming majorities of women from all corners of the country agre