Margaret Sanger gets cancelled -- or does she?

No one can expect Planned Parenthood to reconsider its support for abortion. But if it means what it says about holding “long overdue dialogues” with “communities of color,” how about a public conversation with African-Americans who believe that black women struggling with unintended pregnancies ought to have more hopeful options than simply getting rid of their unborn children?

Plainly the cancel culture that has now taken down Margaret Sanger is not up to the job, because canceling is less about coming to terms with history than erasing it.

“I believe many African-American pro-lifers share my view that removing Sanger’s name from buildings isn’t the way for Planned Parenthood to reckon her legacy,” says Mrs. James. “It should be about reckoning with the ongoing part of her work, in terms of the Planned Parenthood clinics in our neighborhoods. If we’re being honest about legacies, isn’t that the conversation we should be having?”