Title: Aborted black babies-can we change the statistics? - Anglicans For Life
Headings: Aborted black babies–can we change the statistics?
Aborted black babies–can we change the statistics?
Content: 61.3 million babies have died by abortion in the U.S.A. since 1973, 19.4 million were conceived in black American women; 78% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in black or other minority communities. I digested this information, then asked myself, why do so many black women have abortions? This thought crossed my mind: Do black women have more abortions because they do not want their children to face the racism and inequality that has been their experience growing up in America? I’m not sure there is a clear way to get this question answered, but as men and women working every day to prevent abortion, maybe one simple way to decrease the number of abortions in the African-American community includes a greater awareness of our black brothers and sisters life experience with racism and inequality. How can the current cultural conflict about black lives mattering increase our understanding and ability to help, which could possibly lead to lower rates of black babies being aborted? I am not advocating a false “wokeness” as the solution to preventing women in minority communities from having abortions, but I wonder if there is something we can do, to help create a safer environment for women of color to embrace motherhood and have their babies…
What if it is as simple as listening? Respect for life begins by acknowledging that every human being is unique, with a distinct set of experiences that makes them who they are. But (as I noted in last week’s blog) we often label people, lumping them in categories that fit our life experiences, instead of seeing individuals made in God’s image.