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Killer Angel: A Short Biography of Planned Parenthood's Founder, Margaret Sanger
A Shocking Look at Feminism's Patron Saint Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, has been the subject of adoring television dramas and enthusiastic biographies, but her life and work were anything but inspiring. Killer Angel is a close-up look at Sanger that brings to light much that has been ignored or suppressed in most of the films and books that are available today. Sanger’s personal life was marked by tumult and immorality. The views underlying her formation of the American Birth Control League (renamed Planned Parenthood after World War II) were racist and White Supremacist. Her personal friend and advisor Ernst Rudin, Adolph Hitler’s director of genetic sterilization, was deeply involved in the American Birth Control League. And she hated all religion, Christianity in particular. These are just a few of the revelations to be found in this revised edition of a work that has opened many eyes to aspects of Sanger’s work that have been largely ignored until now.
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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George Grant
192 books210 followersDr. George Grant is an evangelical educator recognized by a Tennessee newspaper “Review Appeal” as the one who “lives and breathes” education.
Grant is known as a reformed scholar and evangelical activist who hopes to promote sound Christian doctrine, seeking honest answers to honest questions, developing true spirituality and experiencing the beauty of human relationships.
He founded Franklin Classical School, located in Franklin, Tennessee and the King’s Meadow Study Center, which seeks to help the modern church to develop a practical cultural expression of a Christian worldview in art, music, literature, politics, social research, community development and education.
Grant has also produced numerous writings of more than 60 works on the topics relating to theology, school curriculum, arts, fiction and politics.
Grant is known as a reformed scholar and evangelical activist who hopes to promote sound Christian doctrine, seeking honest answers to honest questions, developing true spirituality and experiencing the beauty of human relationships.
He founded Franklin Classical School, located in Franklin, Tennessee and the King’s Meadow Study Center, which seeks to help the modern church to develop a practical cultural expression of a Christian worldview in art, music, literature, politics, social research, community development and education.
Grant has also produced numerous writings of more than 60 works on the topics relating to theology, school curriculum, arts, fiction and politics.
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June 10, 2010
This account of the life of Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, has eclipsed numerous books to become one of the most enlightening books I’ve ever read. Having heard bits and pieces over the years about the abortion industry and its underlying philosophies, I was nevertheless unaware of the extent of the depraved views that undergirded the drive for birth control, abortion, sterilization, and other monstrosities that are now so eagerly embraced in our society. What’s more, the Christian community as a whole has played right into the evil intentions of eugenicists who sought to undermine the power of Christianity through their heinous practices. Every Christian should read this book and do some serious soul-searching and Scripture-studying to realign our cultural practices with the ways of God.
May 21, 2010
Very Helpful to understand Sanger's thought and history. I did not realize that Sanger was an extreme racist and her family planning was targeted towards minorities to get rid of them. I am passing this on to a friend.
May 20, 2010
Some readers might refuse to credit the book because of its Christian perspective, but as Killer Angel is based upon Sanger's own writings, as well the writings of her peers and mentors, someone with any sense of ethics will find the evidence disturbing, if not outright damning.
September 10, 2011
Informative book on the founder of Planned Parenthood. Important information.
June 2, 2022
She’s lauded as a liberal’s saint, but this book dives into the wicked and perverse truth about Margaret Sanger. Very important information.
August 23, 2022
Very helpful and informative on the origins of Planned Parenthood and their demonic eugenic practices. Margaret Sanger was a truly vile woman, who left a truly vile legacy. May the Lord bring this evil organization down to its knees, and utterly destroy it.
November 21, 2017
A superb narrative in one hundred pages of the woman who embraced the evils of racism, eugenics and sexual immorality which then resulted in her quest for abortion on demand. Everyone should know about her "Negro Project" concerned with "The mass of Negroes, particularly in the South, still breed[ing] carelessly and disastrously, with the result that the increase among Negroes, even more than among Whites, is from that portion of the population least intelligent and fit" (p. 86).
This is a timely read not just because of the recent work of the Center for Medical Progress exposing the horrors of Planned Parenthood, but because Hilary Clinton openly admires Sanger and has received the Margaret Sanger Award.
This is a timely read not just because of the recent work of the Center for Medical Progress exposing the horrors of Planned Parenthood, but because Hilary Clinton openly admires Sanger and has received the Margaret Sanger Award.
June 8, 2024
Grant has written an excellent little book on a topic Christians really need to be familiar with. Sanger's life is a tragic at two levels: yes, of course, it's tragic that a third of my generation has been needlessly slaughtered because of her ideas. Her life is additionally tragic, though, because of how miserable she was even in the midst of her outrageous success. What a horrible life. What devastating consequences.
June 27, 2010
Very good, though sad, book. Shocking, but certainly something that should be known. Of course there's quite a bit of mature content to this, but none of it goes into details of the acts themselves.
August 15, 2011
Five stars, although it totally upset and aggravated me. Five stars, given for the truth it unearths. This woman was evil.
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January 23, 2013This book was written by George Grant, a Christian author who has also written on other works dealing with abortion and the history of abortion. This particular work focuses on the biography of Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood which today is one of the largest provider of abortion. It's not just a biography--it goes into the ideology that drove Sanger, and readers would be shock by her eugenics and social Darwinian worldview. Her worldview also shows itself also in her personal life. I appreciated Grant's research into Sanger's own writings and the writings of her friends and associates who worked with her. This book documents Sanger's racist view and agenda in population control.
July 29, 2009
This book was a total eye-opener. Short read, only takes a day or two to get through. Great for a short plane ride, too.
December 26, 2014
Very interesting. I have no opinions on abortion - but now I have opinions on Planned Parenthood. What a sick and twisted legacy of a sick and twisted woman.
July 28, 2015
Very well written. Sad book of how we have progressed as human beings because of this woman.
October 22, 2024
Grant is an excellent writer and this is a short but thorough bio of Margaret Sanger and how her life and worldviews shaped the baby killing industry now in place worldwide. Her life and work has been far reaching.
In some ways I was encouraged by this book and reminded that there's truly nothing new under the sun. Sanger was a socialist, proponent of eugenics, racist, liar and a "free love" advocate. She would fit right in with modern politics, pop culture and medicine.
Christians are constantly told that comparing Hitler and Sanger is an exaggeration yet they literally ran in the same circles, attended the same conferences, based their methods and organizations with the same eugenic and racist tenants. Hitler has been rightly demonized and while Sanger has not I lose no sleep at night knowing that God is sovereign and the Lord is a righteousness judge.
In some ways I was encouraged by this book and reminded that there's truly nothing new under the sun. Sanger was a socialist, proponent of eugenics, racist, liar and a "free love" advocate. She would fit right in with modern politics, pop culture and medicine.
Christians are constantly told that comparing Hitler and Sanger is an exaggeration yet they literally ran in the same circles, attended the same conferences, based their methods and organizations with the same eugenic and racist tenants. Hitler has been rightly demonized and while Sanger has not I lose no sleep at night knowing that God is sovereign and the Lord is a righteousness judge.
September 9, 2022
“Bad seed brings forth bitter harvest”
My, are we reaping what Margaret Sanger sowed. This is a short, informative book about Sanger’s life. I found it most helpful to know that her father was a dead-beat and abdicated his role in the home. Much like Adam in the garden, this tragic story can be traced back to a man rebelling against God and biblical patriarchy.
Sanger was an evil, vile woman. Planned Parenthood is an evil, vile organization. May the Lord be gracious to destroy it.
My, are we reaping what Margaret Sanger sowed. This is a short, informative book about Sanger’s life. I found it most helpful to know that her father was a dead-beat and abdicated his role in the home. Much like Adam in the garden, this tragic story can be traced back to a man rebelling against God and biblical patriarchy.
Sanger was an evil, vile woman. Planned Parenthood is an evil, vile organization. May the Lord be gracious to destroy it.
June 2, 2022
Audiobook finished June 2022 - Enlightening. Tragic. Horrific details learned about the founder of Planned Parenthood.
November 1, 2023
A short, but effective biography about Margaret Sanger. I thought it was very helpful and worth reading.
October 26, 2011
I got a (poorly bound) copy of this for less than $3.00 from Christian Liberty Press - give that a look!
As to the book, it's written in pleasing (if occasionally highfalutin) prose. I know plenty of authors that like to drop two-bit words, but I don't know that I've ever read one that footnotes his own two-bitters with definitions! That makes the books a feel a bit pretentious. One further negative is that the style of the last four chapters of the book was less pleasing; these chapters read more like a list of information. For these two reasons, I gave the book four stars.
On the positive side, Grant's style is quite engaging. He kept the book short and punchy. Grant shows his wisdom in producing a very thin volume on Sanger's life and work. He adequately shows that Margaret Sanger is one of the great monsters of the 20th Century, and that she deserves to be loathed right along side of the other, more despised fiends of the last century.
Grant demonstrates that, from her radical social/political roots, Sanger was well-connected to the European eugenicists of the early 20th Century. Planned Parenthood has tried to expunge her genocidal racism (at least the verbiage of it). To some degree they've succeeded, too, as Sanger is often hailed as Leftist saint, the embodiment of help to the poor, the down-trodden and minorities. But Grant observes that, if she wrote now what she wrote in the 1920s, she's be crucified as an out-and-out racist, which she certainly was. Since, however, her views were backed by the *reverent pause* "Science" of her day, her racial views scarcely raised an eyebrow. Truth is, though, that her blood-thirsty, genocidal descendants (read: Planned Parenthood) are embarrassed by her terminology. That, however, is where the embarrassment ends. Planned Parenthood still carries on the support for the mass murder of minority and disenfranchised segments of society around the world. Sanger would've had it no other way. She was a wonderful woman.
As to the book, it's written in pleasing (if occasionally highfalutin) prose. I know plenty of authors that like to drop two-bit words, but I don't know that I've ever read one that footnotes his own two-bitters with definitions! That makes the books a feel a bit pretentious. One further negative is that the style of the last four chapters of the book was less pleasing; these chapters read more like a list of information. For these two reasons, I gave the book four stars.
On the positive side, Grant's style is quite engaging. He kept the book short and punchy. Grant shows his wisdom in producing a very thin volume on Sanger's life and work. He adequately shows that Margaret Sanger is one of the great monsters of the 20th Century, and that she deserves to be loathed right along side of the other, more despised fiends of the last century.
Grant demonstrates that, from her radical social/political roots, Sanger was well-connected to the European eugenicists of the early 20th Century. Planned Parenthood has tried to expunge her genocidal racism (at least the verbiage of it). To some degree they've succeeded, too, as Sanger is often hailed as Leftist saint, the embodiment of help to the poor, the down-trodden and minorities. But Grant observes that, if she wrote now what she wrote in the 1920s, she's be crucified as an out-and-out racist, which she certainly was. Since, however, her views were backed by the *reverent pause* "Science" of her day, her racial views scarcely raised an eyebrow. Truth is, though, that her blood-thirsty, genocidal descendants (read: Planned Parenthood) are embarrassed by her terminology. That, however, is where the embarrassment ends. Planned Parenthood still carries on the support for the mass murder of minority and disenfranchised segments of society around the world. Sanger would've had it no other way. She was a wonderful woman.
June 8, 2017
This is a rather hard book to rate. It is well written and, thankfully, brief. Despite being brief, it wasn't a pleasant book to read. For that reason, I'm thankful the author kept it brief. I ended on a four star rating because I believe it is important for those in the fight for life to know the back story of the founder of one of our society's most important sacred cows, Planned Parenthood.
December 29, 2021
This was written in a very sensational/dramatic style, though truthfully as the author went into more detail about the utter grossness of Sanger’s life, the style became more understandable. I’m not sure if I didn’t already share the author’s ideology that I would be convinced by his rather extreme manner of expression. Still very informative and thorough.
September 28, 2011
Excellent Bio.
June 3, 2018
A short account of the founder of Planned Parenthood and the nascent pro- abortion movement. It was founded in eugenics and racism, by a radical socialist and sexual revolutionary.
May 24, 2020
An infuriating read, but a necessary read. Hitler and Stalin can only look up to their mentor, Margaret Sanger.
June 14, 2022
It’s short and bitter. There’s nothing sweet about the truth of Margaret Sanger. This book is informative and exposing. A great read for any interested in furthering their knowledge about Planned Parenthood and what it was really founded upon.
August 27, 2025
Great short biography of Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood.
January 15, 2022
George Grant gives us a little bio on the disturbing life and worldview of Margaret Sanger. Insightful read.
June 22, 2023
The worst part about it all is that the author doesn't seem to understand that pretty much every foundational element of modern society has a rather sordid past. Was Margaret Sanger a horrible person? Debatable. Did she espouse eugenics rhetoric? Undeniably. Does that then mean that the entirety of reproductive health should be thrown to the wayside as a result? Absolutely fucking NOT.
The origin of gynaecology as a field is steeped in misogyny and racism. The beginning of DNA studies is grounded on misogyny. Health sciences are based in racial supremacist beliefs. Even the beauty standards of today are often inextricably linked with harmful ideologies. And don't even get me started on the origins of religion! All modern religious mythology is unignorably racist, misogynistic, homophobic, and oppressive! I think we should get rid of all of it!
Anyway. I don't care if abortion is "murdering babies" -- it's not -- but even if it were, I wouldn't care. Because there's this handy little thing called bodily autonomy, which means that I can't be forced to sacrifice myself in means of life, health, comfort, etc., just because someone else is suffering. You cannot compel me to give up one of my kidneys if I don't want to. Similarly, you shouldn't be able to compel me to give birth to an entire living human being. I don't want to do that, so I won't. Abortion isn't "killing" anything any more than chemotherapy is "killing" a living tumour. And no one has a problem with that.
The origin of gynaecology as a field is steeped in misogyny and racism. The beginning of DNA studies is grounded on misogyny. Health sciences are based in racial supremacist beliefs. Even the beauty standards of today are often inextricably linked with harmful ideologies. And don't even get me started on the origins of religion! All modern religious mythology is unignorably racist, misogynistic, homophobic, and oppressive! I think we should get rid of all of it!
Anyway. I don't care if abortion is "murdering babies" -- it's not -- but even if it were, I wouldn't care. Because there's this handy little thing called bodily autonomy, which means that I can't be forced to sacrifice myself in means of life, health, comfort, etc., just because someone else is suffering. You cannot compel me to give up one of my kidneys if I don't want to. Similarly, you shouldn't be able to compel me to give birth to an entire living human being. I don't want to do that, so I won't. Abortion isn't "killing" anything any more than chemotherapy is "killing" a living tumour. And no one has a problem with that.
November 13, 2019
Although I’ve given this 5 stars, I will warn you that I didn’t actually enjoy reading this book. The content, though engaging, was shocking and hard to hear. That’s usually the case with hard truths. However, just because something is hard to hear, doesn’t mean it should be swept under the rug. That’s why I would recommend this book. Everyone should know the origins of one of largest abortion providers in America and world wide. Stooped in eugenics, racism, and greed, with some research you will find that it doesn’t look much different today. From this short read you’ll learn about Margaret Sanger, Hitler, socialism, feminism, abortion, and the effects history has on the present.
March 8, 2017
Skimmed it; only helpful if you got a sanitized liberal version, which cuts out all her affairs or downplays them, as Baker's biography does. Grant is one of the good guys, but the book is not that well researched and the fact that he doesn't address some of the thornier questions about her racism is telling. So, while I think he's right about Sanger as a human being, I don't think this is the way Christians should do history. There are real heroes and villains out there, and there's a time and place for that, but this is not a book for kids, so it needed to have more balance.
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