CDC: Black abortion rate triple U.S. average

Adjusted for population, the abortion rate among black women is roughly triple the national average. Citing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics, Cybercast News Service reported that African-Americans account for 36.5% of the nation’s abortions while making up 12.6% of nation’s population.

President Barack Obama is a long-time advocate of abortion,who in the 2008 said he did not want to see his daughters “punished with a baby” if they became pregnant at 16.

Republican Herman Cain is against abortion under any circumstances. He has attacked Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest chain of abortion providers, as targeting and marketing to black women.

Could it be that black girls have more abortions because they are more sensitive to being labeled “welfare mom”? THat is the stereotype, isn’t it? When people say “welfare mom”, I don’t think they have a mental image of a mexican girl.

The incentives were switched. Under the old welfare system a child had to be produced every few years to keep checks coming in without requirements to get a job. Under the new system - which is Social Security 'disability', the first child gets a nice increase, the second child not so much and zero increase for the third and later children. Reformed welfare is the short term solution - it requires the cooperation of the recipient - and is mainly used now for people who really do need short term help - and want to resume a normal life as soon as possible. Disability is the current long term welfare solution. Unfortunately it'll destroy disability for the people who really need disability...

Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Haiti, Somalia, South Africa, Sierra Leon, Nambia, Liberia, Jamacia, Ghana - the list goes on and on. Want to see desperation, poverty, misery and oppression? Take your pick.

My good friend's parents were missionaries on the East Coast of Africa... I forget which one. When they arrived it was a French Colony, but after they had been there for two years the people voted for their independence. He said that for a time there was a very festive atmosphere, but within a short period of time the entire infrastructure broke down. Money that was suppose to go for road maintenance for instance was embezzled by corrupt officials and the road graders and tractors were just parked and the jungle quickly grew over them. He said within two years there was hardly a passable road in the country.

One time my wife and I were with him waiting at the ferry terminal and there was a group of threatening looking black youths ahead of us playing loud obnoxious music. He started getting pretty worked up saying, “There they go again”, playing their loud “devil worshiping music” and “dancing around a fire”. It was like he was having some sort of post traumatic stress flash back. He said that the music took took him back to Africa.

So I don't know much about this stuff, but my friend who has lived both here and in Africa seems to agree with your assessment of traditional African culture. He still belongs to a church that sends missionaries overseas. It is dangerous work, but my friend still believes that it is worthwhile and that they have a positive impact n more than just the spiritual realm.

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