Anti-Abortion Group Targets Black Women
I got this article from the Atlanta Journal Constitution. http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2010/02/04/anti-abor...
An anti-abortion group targeting African-American women has begun putting up dozens of billboards around metro Atlanta, declaring black children to be “an endangered species.” Georgia Right to Life, announced that it would back legislation this session that would make it a crime to “solicit a woman to have an abortion based on the race or sex of the unborn child.” Two anti abortion groups are citing what they say are federal statistics that indicate 56 percent of abortions in Georgia are performed on African-American women, though black make up 30 percent of the general population.
So clearly, African-American babies are not an endangered species.. I mean, why don't they see that its offensive to even say 'species'? We are all part of the human species and the human race! I don't see why they don't find their ad offensive!
and i guess i didn't realize that people were ever 'solicited' to have abortions based on race, or at all... I have never heard of anyone being encouraged by a group of people to get abortions, (that's why its called pro-choice, not pro-abortion, right?) but i've definitely heard of groups of people discouraging abortions and harassing women all the way inside the clinic. I just don't think this legislation they are trying to pass is necessary. Any thoughts? Is there something I'm missing here?



