Did The Anti Abortion Group Go Too Far With Incendiary Ad?

According to the Guttmacher institute, black women have higher rates of abortion than white women or hispanic women.  The statistics do not tell the full story.The anti abortion groups are linking race to abortion. The words in the ad “black children are an endangered species” is offensive.

Margaret Sanger the  founder of Planned Parenthood, was a racist, she believed in eugenics. Sanger lectured the KKK in America about eugenics. Sanger was involved in creating the racist “Negro Project” focusing on metropolitan black neighbourhood in the USA. Sanger wasn’t concerned about assisting black women to have more  reproductive rights she was concerned about eugenics.

However, where are the black heterosexual men? Black heterosexual men deserve a part of the blame here. Some black heterosexual men are not taking care of their children and black women have a lot of burden on them.

The decision to have an abortion is a tough choice for a woman. The reason “abortions” are “tough” in our society is due to the entrenchment of morality.

No woman wakes up in the morning and says “well today is Wednesday time to have an abortion.”  For women, it is a difficult decision whether or not to have an abortion.

Why are black women being blamed for taking control of their lives? If a black woman wants to have an abortion it is her choice and her right. I am pro-choice, I believe a woman has a right to have an abortion. Women have a right to control their own bodies. The abortion debate needs to be linked to patriarchy and male domination.

No man has a right to tell a woman she can or cannot have an abortion. Abortion rights are about female reproductive rights. After all, the government does not tell men we can’t have prostate operations. The government does not attempt to control male reproductive rights.

I believe since the beginning of civilization men have attempted to control women’s bodies because we are not a part of the  childbirth process. Men have created

proscriptions to control female reproductive rights because of jealousy and misogyny. Female and male politicians must stand up for women’s reproductive rights

and fight male domination in relation to the abortion debate.

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