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you know what the leading cause of death in the African American Community
since 1973 is? Think about it for a minute. Is it heart disease-2,266,789
deaths since 1973, cancer-1,638,350, or accidents-370,723? Is it
AIDS-203,695, or violent crimes-306, 313? There is one possibility that is
often overlooked. It happens 1452 times a day in our community. It has taken
over 13 million Black lives within the last 30 years. It has taken 1/3 of
our present population. What is it? ABORTION!
Don't believe it? Well, you don't have to, but you would be a fool not to
because the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided the
tragic statistics. According to the CDC, since 1973, the year of the Supreme
Court Decision Roe vs. Wade, 13 million (13,000,000) African American lives
have been lost to abortion. The CDC reports that of the approximately 4000
abortions that are performed daily in the United States, 1452 of them are
performed on African American women and their pre-born children. This means
that although African Americans represent only 12% of the population of the
United States, they account for 35% of the abortions performed in this
country.
A Crisis in Civic Leadership
What is so amazingly alarming about these statistics is not only the
staggering number of African American deaths that are legally sanctioned,
but the relative apathy of the overall African American population to this
slaughter-when is the last time you were at a Pro-Life Rally-and, even
worse, the active promotion and support of legalized abortion and the
extension of so-called reproductive or abortion "rights" by the overwhelming
majority of African American politicians and civil rights leaders.
Currently in Congress every member of the Congressional Black Caucus
identifies him or herself as pro-choice. Because of the peculiar mix of race
and politics in America in general, and especially in Washington, DC, on the
political level Respect for Life concerns and legislation have by and large
been cast as a one party issue. The result is that today there are no
African American voices raised in defense of the unborn in our nation's
federal legislative branch.
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