Title: 6 Myths About Abortion | Time
Headings: 6 Myths About Abortion
6 Myths About Abortion
Ideas
1. The Bible forbids abortion.
2. Women are coerced into having abortions.
3. Abortion is dangerous.
4. There are too many abortions.
5. Abortion is racist.
6. Abortion opponents would never punish women.
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Content: The brainchild of Life Always, a Texas anti-abortion group, these signs, and similar ones around the country comparing abortion to slavery, aroused so much indignation from black women that they were quickly taken down. But the charge that abortion is racist is commonplace in the pro-life movement. If the womb is the most dangerous place for an African American, that makes black women, the victims of racism, the real racists. Put like that it doesn’t make much sense. The metaphor ignores the subjectivity of black women; once again, a woman is a vessel, a place—in this case a hostile place. Imagery of abortion as slavery or genocide allows abortion opponents to posture as anti-racists without having to learn anything about the lives of black women or lift a finger to rectify the enormous and ongoing legacy of slavery and segregation. Just shame black women into giving birth to more children than they feel they can safely bear or care for, and all will be well. 6. Abortion opponents would never punish women.