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Proposed Planned Parenthood sign causes stir Posted: Mar 09, 2011 6:35 AM PST Updated: Mar 09, 2011 8:45 AM PST Video Gallery Proposed billboard for planned parenthood uses controversial quote 1:44 (Source: NBC) Click image to enlarge FLINT, MI (NBC) - A proposed billboard that displays a disturbing quote from the founder of Planned Parenthood is receiving plenty of criticism from the African American population. It quotes Planned Parenthood's Founder Margaret Sanger saying, "We do not want word to get out that we want to exterminate the Negro population." The group behind the sign is the Flint Area Right to Life and Black Americans for Life. They want to put the sign up in downtown Flint during Black History Month. "That's a direct quote of hers," said Director of Flint Area Right to Life Judy Climer. She said it's a historical quote and perfectly acceptable for the public. "It's deception by keeping her quote quiet because no one really wants to know that Planned Parenthood is behind this," said Climer. Pro-life advocates say the words speak for themselves; however Planned Parenthood says they are taken out of context. "She did not want the organization to be characterized in that way," said Desiree Cooper, the director of communications and media relations for Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan. Cooper said Sanger were saying there was misinformation about birth control in that day, that it would wipe out entire races, and that she did not want that information spread. "It is not black history to put up something that says that people don't want the black race to be on the planet," Cooper said. "It's the opposite and it's insulting." Planned Parenthood said Sanger was a product of her day and that it's not fair to judge beliefs held then by today's standards.

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