Pro-life film examining the history of Planned Parenthood to stream on X

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A Missouri and American flag fly outside Planned Parenthood in St. Louis, June 24, 2022. The Associated Press/Photo by Jeff Roberson, File

Pro-life film examining the history of Planned Parenthood to stream on X

The White Rose Resistance, a pro-life organization, on Tuesday will release its film The 1916 Project that investigates Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger. The documentary complements a new book by the same name written by Seth Gruber, founder of The White Rose Resistance. The title of the book and film references the year Sanger founded her first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, New York. More than 600 churches around the country have streamed or are planning to stream the movie, according to a press release, and the film will stream for free on the social media platform X through Nov. 13.

What is the movie about? In both the book and the film, Gruber aims to tie Sanger to the eugenics movement, racism, and the sexual revolution. Gruber claims that the Planned Parenthood founder’s work directly informed current cultural shifts and progressive politics.

Dig deeper: Read Erin Hawley’s opinion piece about the history of eugenics in America.

Lauren Canterberry

Lauren Canterberry is a reporter for WORLD. She graduated from the World Journalism Institute and the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism, both in 2017. She worked as a local reporter in Texas and now lives in Georgia with her husband.