Saturday, October 10, 2009

Abortion and Racism

In 2003 in the United States, white women had 165 abortions per 1000 live births; Hispanic women had 228 abortions per 1000 live births; and Black women had 491 abortions per 1000 live births. (Human Life Alliance, autumn 2009) Black women comprise 12% of the female population of America, but they account for 37% of the abortions! What could explain this great excess of abortion activity among women of color?
The obvious answer is the well-known racial targeting of abortion providers in the U.S.A. Planned parenthood is the largest abortion provider of abortions in our country; and that organization has continued the eugenic bias of its founder, Margaret Sanger. Ms. Sanger was a woman obsessed with the goals of sexual freedom of all people and the “science” of eugenics in the early years of the 20th Century when she founded Planned Parenthood. She openly stated that she wanted to eliminate the feeble minded and retarded by forced birth control; and she welcomed into her movement those who were dedicated to white supremacy and the elimination of Blacks. She founded the Negro Project designed to infiltrate the Black community with a “birth control for health” doctrine in the early part of the last century.
It seems ironic that today we have a Black President who supports Planned Parenthood in a very enthusiastic way. It seems that he is also dedicated to diminishing the numbers of the Black population.

1 comment:

  1. I knew the racial profile of abortion, but am shocked by the horrific odds facing a black fetus!

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