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Grand Illusions: The Legacy of Planned Parenthood

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_Grand Illusions_ makes for a very interesting read. I highly recommend reading it in conjunction with another book called _Lime 5: Exploited By Choice_ (by Mark Crutcher) about women being abused and defrauded by abortionists. With its depiction of "choice" as an ironic tool of exploitation and oppression by PP, _Grand Illusions_ gives you a whole new perspective on the issue to consider, beyond the overly simplistic arguments of "my body, my choice" and "GOD says abortion is wrong". The undeniable fact that PP still hasn't distanced itself from Margaret Sanger, a white supremacist whose eugenicist views led her on a mission to discourage "Negroes" and "Asiatics" from breeding, is in itself bone-chilling. No matter how you feel about abortion, I advise you to take a look at this book and evaluate the facts in it. Don't let the pro-choice stereotypes and illusions make up your mind on abortion for you!

With meticulous scholarship, Grant exposes the racist, elitist, unscientific and subversive policies of Planned Parenthood and the free ride they have received from the American government, media and academia. The details in any one chapter would be a devestating indictment, taken together they show a horrifying pattern of Orwellian activity. The chapter on abortion-related medical studies (and Planned Parenthood's suppression of them) alone has probably saved lives. This is required reading for every parent, person of color, school official and especially for anyone who works with Planned Parenthood or sees them as a benevolent or merely misguided organization. Keep in mind that this will not be light reading (a bazillion footnotes) and it will shock and anger you, but it will be an informative and eye-opening page-turner.

This book is probably Grant's most important work, and it is absolutely unique among all the literature on the pro-life/pro-choice debate. No one interested in the pro-life cause has any business being without Grand Illusions, and no one interested in the pro-choice cause has any business not reading this and trying to refute it (they can't, but if they want to claim even the slightest degree of intellectual honesty, they must try).

Pro-lifers are unarmed without Grand Illusions: no joke.

I read this book some years ago and it made me an activist. Though family life has slowed that a bit, I got a sharp reminder today. Planned Parenthood sent me a solicitation. It was a big, expensive, personalized mailer in which they tout their 87 year history and association with Margaret Sanger with much pride.

They then procede to lable organizations such as Focus on the Family and the Christian Coalition as "religious political extremist groups." How's that for an "ad-hominem attack?"

Page after page they rail on about the cuts in funding and how I need to support them with my money. It was a loud and clear message, they were more concerned about their income sources than the health and safety of the women they claim to care so much about. They think we don't know about the financial shell game they use to back their bogus claim that "federally funded family planning programs do not, and never have, paid for abortions."

I don't think they know that I am one of the "anti-choice fanatics" they are so worried about. They even printed my name on a lovely card inside and on the front of the package showing me as a "supporting member" of their distasteful group.

I wonder how much this trash cost them to print and to mail? Aren't they supposed to be helping families with these donations?
Forgive my sarcasm. Even though George Grant unmasked their lies so long ago, THEY still BELIEVE them, and TEACH them to an unsuspecting public.

This book should still be required reading for anyone who cares about families, fiscally sound government, or the future.

THE TRUTH CAN NOT BE IGNORED OR DENIED. GRANT USES DOCUMENTED FACTS TO DO WHAT SO MANY ARE AFRAID TO: EXPOSE THE DANGEROUS, RACIST, GREEDY METHODS PP USES TO LIBERATE MEN FROM RESPONSIBILITY, EXPLOIT WOMEN, AND BUTCHER BABIES. FROM IT'S BEGINNING IN 1917 TO THE PRESENT, WE GET A CLEAR TIMELINE OF HOW PP WORKS, & HOW THEY'VE MANAGED TO SURVIVE EVEN WITH THIS AGENDA.

READING THIS IS VERY OVERWHELMING, BECAUSE IT'S NOT PROPAGANDA. IT'S DOCUMENTED FACT. BUT IT'S ALSO NECESSARY TO READ IT BECAUSE IGNORANCE IS DEFINITELY NOT BLISS.

I read this book in three days, it was a page-turner, very informative, well researched and well written. Dr. Grant dedicated ONE chapter of the book to the founder of Planned Parenthood, but you can read more about her in: "Killer Angel: A Short Biography of Planned Parenthood's Founder, Margaret Sanger" by George Grant. Grand Illusions is factual, and I can't imagine how anyone can argue that point. All you have to do is look at the end notes. There are hundreds of them, including many of Planned Parenthood's own publications. Grand Illusions is written with a Christian worldview and understandably this will not go well with many. If you have your children in the public school system, then you need to read this book!

George Grant has blown the lid off of the myth of compassion known as Planned Parenthood. They dismember babies. I am not even going to try to be eloquent-Dr. Grant has handled that quite well, thank you!

If you thought that PP was an organization in the business of helping women, you should read this book. (The footnotes themselves are a book)

If you are pro-life and already are leery of PP, you should read this book-they are much worse than you ever dreamed.

No supporter of PP can read this book with an open mind and still claim that PP is what they portray themselves to be.

This is an excellent book on the history of Eugenics and the background of Margaret Sanger and Planned Parenthood. I would expect that most people will be surprised at the racism behind the Eugenics movement and the fruit that it has produced today.

s.t.g. whoever that is, who reviewed this book obviously overlooked the fact that all his referneces are documented page by page, accurately. and that person has also bought into the lie that planned barrenhood actually helps people. they kill them, if they arent born yet and want to eliminate all who are not rich and white. how evil can you get?? and then to find out the march of dimes works with them is even worse, i mean, when they say they prevent birth defects? how? by preventing the people, and i cannot wait until that evil organization self implodes and goes away. good for you telling the truth no one wants to hear, mr. grant. and dont stop!!

Though I understand the author's point in being blatantly Christian throughout his writing, the manner in which he does this inspires more distaste than openmindedness. I'm a Christian myself, so I sympathize with his point of view, but his technique in this book is the wrong approach.

In addition, the author's writing seems to show his desire to be a fiction writer. He uses language that is more appropriate in a fiction book than a piece of scholarly research. This is off-putting to the reader.

Finally, he would be better off sticking to the most controversial information about Planned Parenthood. Instead, he adds his own opinion about the inappropriateness of any birth control, which makes the rest of his opinions suspect.