A new billboard in downtown Atlanta aims to expose the “horrific impact” that abortion has had on the black community and to hold political leaders accountable for supporting abortion.Posted on 08/18/2011 4:27:28 AM PDT by markomalley
A new billboard in downtown Atlanta aims to expose the “horrific impact” that abortion has had on the black community and to hold political leaders accountable for supporting abortion.
“We are specifically asking our black leaders to take a look at this issue, because we feel that something is terribly wrong,” said Catherine Davis of the Restoration Project, a co-sponsor of the billboard. “Black women are aborting children at two, three, sometimes five times their presence in the population.”
Other pro-life leaders involved in producing the Atlanta billboard include Day Gardner of the National Black Prolife Union, Star Parker of CURE, and Dr. Alveda King of Priests for Life.
The billboard shows an anguished black woman on a black background with the word “Betrayed!” in blood-red print. It lists the address of the website www.AbortionInTheHood.com, which examines the effects of abortion in the black community and criticizes abortion rights supporters such as Rev. Jesse Jackson, and members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
“They won’t talk about the fact that almost 60 percent of the abortions in this state are done on black women, when we’re only 30 percent of the population,” Davis told EWTN News on Aug. 16.
She said abortion is so affecting the black community that it risks causing black depopulation in some areas. She said that for every 1,000 black babies born alive in New York City, 1,489 die by abortion. In Washington, D.C. for every 100 black babies born alive, 165 are aborted.
“Abortion hurts women. That’s the other thing that women don’t talk about,” Davis added.
Americans don’t know how many women have gone to an abortionist and suffered severe or fatal injuries, she said. For instance, Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell is now charged with killing children born alive and with using unsterilized medical instruments after an investigation revealed incompetent and unsanitary conditions at his office.
The billboard campaign’s website also criticizes leaders like Rev. Jesse Jackson.
In 1977 he authored an opinion piece in National Right to Life News which called life a “gift from God” which no one has the right to take away. However, he later said he supported legal abortion based on “freedom of choice.”
Rev. Jesse Jackson used to be pro-life, Davis said, “until he decided that he wanted to run for political office.”
Members of the Congressional Black Congress say they are watching out for the interests of their constituents, but they have not examined abortion’s impact.
“Instead, you see them repeatedly speaking for and promoting abortion,” Davis said, noting Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson’s opposition to defunding abortion provider Planned Parenthood.
“It’s time that they stopped that.”
Davis believes that these political leaders take their position because they receive political contributions from Planned Parenthood, NARAL and other pro-abortion rights groups.
“And they just refuse to look at the evidence that is very clearly before their eyes.”
The history of abortion in America also includes a racist, eugenicist past, according to Davis. She praised the Life Dynamics documentary “Naafa 21” and recounted efforts of eugenicists like Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger.
“We know that they want to control the black birth rate in particular, because Margaret Sanger told us when she launched her ‘Negro Project.’ She paid black leaders to begin to teach and preach from the pulpit birth control. Later on her organization moved into abortion.”
“I think this racism is still ongoing,” Davis said, charging that abortion supporters deliberately use black spokespersons to sidetrack objections.
“We are not stupid, and they think we’re too stupid to notice it,” she told EWTN News. “There’s no other ethnic group that has this kind of horrific impact from abortion.”
She said people from traditionally pro-life groups should confront their political leaders of whatever party who are defending abortion.
“We must stop sending these men and women back into elected office, if they are not going to live up to what they tell us.
“We have to stop allowing the culture to dictate the standards. We say, whether we’re Catholic or Protestant or whatever our religious denomination, that we serve a living God.
“We must begin to proclaim the moral standards that God gave us, not what the politically correct culture is dictating.”
Other ad campaigns on race and abortion have proved controversial. One billboard campaign said that Black children are “an endangered species” because of the high abortion rate. The billboard was taken down in New York City because of criticism from local political leaders, harassment and fears of violence.
Now there's another thing I want you to remember: I don't want to get any messages saying that we are holding our position. We're not holding anything. Let the Hun do that. We are advancing constantly and we're not interested in holding onto anything except the enemy. We're going to hold onto him by the nose and we're going to kick him in the ass. We're going to kick the hell out of him all the time and we're going to go through him like crap through a goose.
That and killing each other.
Good thing kids of all races bring in a pretty penny for the moms at the welfare office. That ought to keep any one of the races from going extinct.
The reason there are few, if any, truly great African-American leaders is because 1/4 of the black race in America has been aborted since 1973. During the Civil Rights era, most of the leaders were in their 20’s and 30’s. Now, the leaders are a bunch of doddering old men. Even so-called “Young” leaders like Barack Hussein Obama (mmm mmm mmm) are over 50. The Left in this country has successfully done in less than 20 years, what Legions of Democrat Party Klansmen could never do in over 100 years- destroy the black family.
“The history of abortion in America also includes a racist, eugenicist past, according to Davis. She ... recounted efforts of eugenicists like Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger.”
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From what I understand, she’s not wrong.
A group of Black ministers once said there are 1/3 fewer Blacks in America because of Roe.
Exactly as Margaret Sanger planned. Weed out the” undesirables”.
The 13th amendment freed blacks.
Blacks were full citizens, with all human rights.
Since 1973, 15 million blacks have been declared less than human, and killed because of that.
All God’s children are human. Stop Abortion.
Babies in the womb are not human, according to the law. Black babies in the womb are an infectious disease, according to Planned Parenthood and the Black Leadership Council.
Convincing blacks to abort their children
Convincing Jews that Israel shouldn’t defend itself
Convincing the wealthy that they should pay all of the taxes
Yes, that’s the modern Democrat party
Ayn Rand was wrong on some very important points, but her concept of “sanction of the victim” is significant. The bad people declare that it is a moral good for the good people to participate in their own self-destruction.
My sincere apologies to the Black Leadership Council, a Christian organization promoting edicational excellence and freedom from crime in the black community.
I should have said:
Black babies in the womb are an infectious disease, according to Planned Parenthood, the Congressional Black Caucus and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Abortion and welfare have stopped much potential for greatness in this country.
Curious. I haven’t seen any articles about the Planned Parenthood billboard in the same area. But of course it shows a young white woman and lists every service except abortion.
95%+ of blacks don’t give a damn about abortion. They will vote the government cheese ticket even if those candidates barbecue live babies over a bed of coals. They’re unreachable.
Illegal immigration would be an example.
Convincing blacks to abort their children
Convincing Jews that Israel shouldn’t defend itself
Convincing the wealthy that they should pay all of the taxes
hello...
that was the original intent of the leftie/progressive program
Barack Obama doesn't care about black people.
Anyone heard from Kanye West?
Anyone heard from Kanye West?
Yep....listened to his video this morning .....commented about Maxines statements.
Said he’s currently doing his job from “here in the fox hole”.
I like the guy alot. He’ll do us good...but I do not expect perfection from any.
That makes a statement...but nobody's putting a gun to their heads to get these abortions. Woman wanted the choice and they have it...they are responsible for taking the life of their own children.
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