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Durbin: DC tops in abortion because its residents are black (Audio included)
Wash Examiner/Beltway Confidential ^ | July 16, 2009 | David Freddoso

Posted on 07/16/2009 8:52:23 AM PDT by The Old Hoosier

In a committee markup last week, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said that residents of the District of Columbia have a disproportionately large number of abortions because D.C. is disproportionately African-American.

In our nation's capital, 41 percent of all pregnancies end in abortion...

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 111th; abortion; africanamericans; blacks; brownback; dc; durbin; prolife; race; topten
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1 posted on 07/16/2009 8:52:23 AM PDT by The Old Hoosier
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To: The Old Hoosier

Isn’t this what the left wants? Including SCJ Ruth Buzzie Ginsberg?


2 posted on 07/16/2009 8:55:06 AM PDT by mgc1122
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Just the “undesireables” justice Ginsburg wants gone.


4 posted on 07/16/2009 8:58:14 AM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: The Old Hoosier

DC may rank highest, but nation wide over 1/3 of all pregnancies among black women end in abortion.


5 posted on 07/16/2009 8:58:33 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is the belief that most people are better off if everyone was equally poor and miserable.)
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....said that residents of the District of Columbia have a disproportionately large number of abortions because D.C. is disproportionately African-American.
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Well whose fault is that?? Bush and Palin is suppose. If blacks choose to live in DC and have abortions, that is their problem. Go soak your head, Turbin Durbin.


6 posted on 07/16/2009 8:59:19 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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nation wide over 1/3 of all pregnancies among black women end in abortion.

And somewhere deep in the bowels of Hell Margaret Sanger manages a brief smile...

7 posted on 07/16/2009 8:59:52 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: The Old Hoosier

Ain’t this racist? Or is it only racist if a Conservative says it?


8 posted on 07/16/2009 9:02:04 AM PDT by bigbob
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Only if a conservative or Repub says it...


9 posted on 07/16/2009 9:02:59 AM PDT by cranked
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because D.C. is disproportionately African-American

I don't understand: does Durbin think that there are too many African-Americans in DC?
11 posted on 07/16/2009 9:03:35 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: The Old Hoosier

Somewhere in Hell, Margaret Sanger cackles “It’s WORKING!”


12 posted on 07/16/2009 9:06:21 AM PDT by Kenton
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Yet the “good” people of Illinois keep sending these useless bums to Washington DC........I wish people would listen to what idiot Dems say as closely as they do Republican officials.....


13 posted on 07/16/2009 9:07:05 AM PDT by jakerobins ( NO)
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To: The Old Hoosier

So, is this a good thing, or a bad thing?


14 posted on 07/16/2009 9:09:08 AM PDT by Boiling Pots (Barack Obama: The final turd George W. Bush laid on America)
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In our nation’s capital, 41 percent of all pregnancies end in abortion...”

Holy Crickey!!!! 41%?????

15 posted on 07/16/2009 9:12:17 AM PDT by mockingbyrd (Boehner Baby!!!)
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Just for the information, where does Durbin stand on life?


17 posted on 07/16/2009 9:22:17 AM PDT by twigs
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Wow! Couple this with Ginsberg...where is SHARPTON?


18 posted on 07/16/2009 9:25:05 AM PDT by Def Conservative (Obama is a joke.)
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What does he mean by disproportionately black? Is there some sort of ideal proportions of different colors of people that D.C. has screwed up?


19 posted on 07/16/2009 9:27:02 AM PDT by visualops (portraits.artlife.us or visit my freeper page)
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This is terrible! The next obammy could have already been aborted!No, wait...


20 posted on 07/16/2009 9:28:34 AM PDT by chadwimc (Proud to be an infidel ! Allah fubar !!!)
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