Analysis Of The Morality Of Birth Control By Margaret Sanger

A speech by Margret Sanger “The Morality of Birth Control” took place in New York 1921. It was the last meeting in a three day conference discussing the necessity of birth control use. She brought out the question of morality addressing to this topic backing up her point of view with a number of logos and ethos, as well as using some pathos. At the beginning of her speech Margaret announced that there was a survey conducted around the world that included questions related to morality of birth control. Survey applied not only to the people who would potentially support the idea of legalizing of birth control, but also some who could disagree.

During the event Sanger presented her argument to the audience calling out with hope and understanding the importance of slowing down population growth. Considering education and intelligence of people in the United States she created a remarkable structure of ethos. The most …show more content…
The objective was to escape ignorance and indifference to creation of civilization starting on the level of creating a family. “The selfish gratification of temporary desire at the expense of suffering to lives that will come may seem very beautiful to some, but it is not our conception of civilization, or is it our concept of morality”. This is one of the examples of pathos.

Not only that she was a great lecturer on the topic, Margaret had a direct relationship to the convention subject. Her mother had eighteen pregnancies in twenty years and died at the age of fifty from multiple diseases. As the result of the events of her youth, Sanger had to take an action in solving a problem for millions of people. She is known for being a birth control activist. Sanger opened the first clinic and established Planned Parenthood. After such a successful speech she stood on the court level and contributed to legalization of birth control in the United