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For many years pro-lifers (including this writer) have predicted that someone in the secular media would, eventually, get it right—the abortion story, that is.
Now Robin Abcarian of the Chicago Tribune has come about as close as you can come.
In the Wednesday, March 3 edition of the Tribune, she writes about the
Georgia Billboards featuring the face of a black baby with the slogan “Black Children are an Endangered Species.” On the bottom of the billboard is the website, TooManyAborted.com, which claims that “under the false liberty of reproductive freedom we are killing our very future.”
In the story Abcarian states that the billboard is the brainchild of
Georgia Right to Life and the Radiance Foundation and calls attention
that their belief that black women are having a disproportionately
high number of abortions. But most startling to pro-lifers is her bold
assertion:
No one disputes that black women have more abortions, proportionately, than women of other races. Nationally, African Americans make up about 13% of the population and have about 37% of all abortions, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While she quotes pro-abortion arguments that this is a misjudgment, she does go on to state that the culprit is Planned Parenthood, whose clinics are often located in poor communities where the need for subsidized health care is greatest.
Abcarian correctly reports that Planned Parenthood founder founder
Margaret Sanger, the mother of the American birth control movement,
embraced eugenics:
In the 1920s and 1930s, Sanger was an advocate of eugenics, a movement that posited the human species could be improved with selective breeding and the forced sterilization of the poor and “feeble-minded.” That often was believed to include blacks.
Loretta Ross of SisterSong and coalition of 80 women’s groups
that work on reproductive health issues for minorities admits that, “there was a eugenics movement and it did target black people.”
The billboards are scheduled to remain up in Atlanta through March, says Bomberger (the founder of Radiance Foundation). He says the ads are really drawing people into the history of abortion and birth control movement.
Could it be that the someone in the media is starting to get it straight?
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Joe,
Yes, people are taking notice all around the US, including folks that normally don’t pay attention to the statistics about abortions (whether white, black or whatever). Its a great day when millions hear about the overwhelming effects of abortion on a particular race, and many are re-thinking their pro-abortion stance as a result! Keep on keeping on, Joe.
Posted March 4, 2010 at 8:16 pm
How does the old saying go …. “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free!” Well, we all know it refers to Jesus Christ; but, I think it applies to the billbords mentioned here also!
Posted March 5, 2010 at 2:26 am
I strongly suggest that anyone interested in this topic get a copy of a stunning 2 hour documentary called: Maafa21 . Maafa21 is the most stunning and “offensive” look behind the eugenic agenda still going on today. The producers of Maafa21 went directly to the source, researching the information from the papers of Margaret Sanger , Planned Parenthood, their board, and their eugenic supporters. Fully documented quotes and video of the founders and US eugenics society links to Hitler and the Nazis will leave you stunned. Maafa21 shows evidence that Margaret Sanger – founder of Planned Parenthood was a member of the American Eugenics Society (AES), spoke to their meetings, met with their VP’s and also spoke to the KKK (proof in Sanger’s autobiography). In addition, other Planned Parenthood members were Eugenics Society members, including Alan Guttmacher, who was at one time the Vice President of the AES. Maafa21 will leave you asking how Planned Parenthood receives millions of tax dollars a day from the American Government. . Maafa21 will tell you things the media and the government do not want you to hear. This film is not partisan either. Maafa21 shows how both parties are involved in eugenics against the Black Community and includes racist audio of President Nixon explaining why people vote for abortion – any guess? Maafa21 will walk you through history and push you straight into the 21st Century where you will see all the dots connected and this evil and racist Eugenic Plot revealed right in front of your eyes. Get a copy of Maafa21 – here (clip) http://www.maafa21.com
Posted March 5, 2010 at 10:05 am
why do the black women always got to be put at the lowest level.who ever put those billboards up is a racist piece of.black women get abortions because of the conditions white america has put on us. anit no white women better than me.
Posted April 19, 2010 at 10:25 am
i also wanted to say i think jill stanek is a racist, and how much did she pay to get her lips like a black woman.
Posted April 19, 2010 at 10:45 am
Abortion is a choice. It is a difficult one. Nobody makes you get one. It’s sad if things are so bad in your life and you have no support to keep a baby, but get real. It’s a choice a woman makes, herself.
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