Planned Parenthood ad's hidden meaning

I recall taking a college course called “Comparative Religions.” During one session the instructor thought it would be exciting to hold three-person group discussions on the subject of abortion. As “fate” would have it, I was paired with some egotistical feminist; I’m certain this was done purposely. She let it be known prior to the “discussion” that only her opinion mattered because males had no say at all. There was a third person in our group, who was a woman from India; but because she quietly mentioned that she had moral misgivings about abortion, naturally her opinion had about as much weight as mine. I let the pompous fanatic babble on, but after awhile I tired of her amoral shtick; I interrupted and suggested that despite the fact that I was only a male, it might be useful to have the perspective of an “outside” observer, such as myself. To this purpose I speculated that more life was snuffed out in this country by abortion every year than all the Americans killed in all of its wars. I also speculated that abortion was by far number one in death by unnatural causes in this country. Talk about being a party-pooper.

Frankly, when women control the debate, being perplexed is just part of the program. Take for instance the latest Planned Parenthood ad campaign: “Your mother wants a grandchild. Just not right now.” Pictured are two Latinas hugging each other, presumably a mother and daughter. They appear to be in an almost unnatural embrace. The daughter appears to be at least 25, the mother fiftyish. So, you are old enough to make decisions on your own, yet your mother tells you whether or not its “OK” to have a child—simply because she is not “ready” to be a grandmother? WTF? You would think, of course, that someone who appears to be about 50 would like to have some years left to play grandmother, but besides that, if she doesn’t want to be a “grandmother,” she can always stay in her own house and not see the kid; she can explain her attitude later to the kid, as if he or she will understand it. Oh, yes, what does “grandfather” think? Or his opinion doesn’t matter, because he is “guy”? 

You could also look at this ad from another perspective. Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger would completely agree with its “message,” but for very different reasons. Her abortion manifesto The Pivot of Civilization is in the public domain and you can read it on-line, and feel like you need twenty showers afterwards. This feminist Mein Kampf was influenced by the eugenics and “scientific” racism of the time, and although she paints a picture of squalor in tenement housing of the time that at first may seem to justify her anti-children agenda, it later becomes clear that her real agenda is the prevention of procreation of “inferior” people—such as the ones featured in this ad. Were the people who created this ad this ignorant—or do they also have an agenda that doesn’t bear close scrutiny?