Abortions decrease across America, Minorities hardest hit
Great news that fewer innocent babies are dying in the womb, but, please note that the decline is far less among non-Whites. The reason for this disparity? Well, there are differing views on that.
The increasingly minority face of abortion has more to do with income than race or ethnicity, said Claire D. Brindis, a professor of pediatrics and health policy at UC San Francisco and co-director of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health.
“Many of these women are low-income women who tend to have a higher rate of unintended pregnancy,” said Brindis, who was not associated with the report. “Oftentimes, living in poverty they experience so many other challenges in their lives that they don’t always know that they’re eligible for family planning services or have transportation to services.”
But Day Gardner, founder and president of the National Black Pro-Life Union in Washington, disagreed. She blamed the high rates on the number of inner-city clinics that performed abortions.
“It doesn’t have as much to do with poverty as that the abortion facilities are there, ingrained in the neighborhoods,” she said. “We as a community don’t talk about this. . . . This is a silent killer among us.”
Well, could it be that minorities are being “targeted” for abortions? Hot Air has lots more on that, including this video. Take a listen
