GOP REP: “BLACKS WORSE OFF TODAY THAN UNDER SLAVERY.”
REP. TRENT FRANKS, A REPUBLICAN FROM ARIZONA SAID ON FRIDAY THAT BECAUSE OF U.S. ABORTION POLICY, “FAR MORE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS BEING DEVASTATED BY THE POLICIES OF TODAY THAN WERE BEING DEVASTATED BY THE POLICIES OF SLAVERY.”
Franks made the comments in an interview with video blogger Mike Stark of StarkReports.com.
Slavery, said Franks, "is a crushing mark on America's soul, yet today half of all black children are aborted. Half of all black children are aborted. Far more black children, far more of the African American community is being devastated by the policies of today than were being devastated by the policies of slavery."
Putting aside whether it's appropriate to define slavery as a "policy," Franks is largely correct, according to a Guttmacher Institute study on the rate of abortions in the African-American community, but the same report found that the higher rate was directly related to lack of access to contraceptives.
One hundred percent of African Americans born into slavery, however, were born into slavery.
Franks made the comments in an interview with video blogger Mike Stark of StarkReports.com.
Slavery, said Franks, "is a crushing mark on America's soul, yet today half of all black children are aborted. Half of all black children are aborted. Far more black children, far more of the African American community is being devastated by the policies of today than were being devastated by the policies of slavery."
Putting aside whether it's appropriate to define slavery as a "policy," Franks is largely correct, according to a Guttmacher Institute study on the rate of abortions in the African-American community, but the same report found that the higher rate was directly related to lack of access to contraceptives.
One hundred percent of African Americans born into slavery, however, were born into slavery.
Yes, Irma--
I saw that clip by Rep. Franks. This will give it some context.
Abortion is one of those profoundly personal issues that every individual has to come to terms with based on their own conscience, beliefs and circumstances.
My opinion is that any woman who is pregnant always has the right to bring that baby into the world.
And every woman also has the right, in consultation with her doctor and her family, to terminate the pregnancy.
It is a perfectly legal option, a personal, intimate decision between a woman, her family and her doctor.
I agree with the Tea Party conservatives on this one when they say "Get the government out of our personal lives."