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Planned Parenthood responded Wednesday to criticism from rapper and presidential candidate Kanye West, saying that “any insinuation that abortion is black genocide is offensive and infantilizing.”
West discussed his presidential ambitions in an interview with Forbes published Wednesday in which he denounced Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. (RELATED: Kanye West Sends, Then Deletes Pro-Life Tweet Defending Unborn Babies)
“Planned Parenthoods have been placed inside cities by white supremacists to do the Devil’s work,” West said.
West’s comments may be a reference Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, who had a history of pro-eugenics comments and spoke of targeting black communities with birth control through “The Negro Project.”