{"id":188398,"date":"2018-09-14T12:47:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T17:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=188398"},"modified":"2018-09-14T18:08:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T23:08:50","slug":"adoptee-colin-kaepernick-donated-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/adoptee-colin-kaepernick-donated-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Kaepernick donates $25,000 to abortion group"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is most well known these days for his social justice advocacy, but what many people don’t know is that Kaepernick was adopted. He talked about being adopted before going to the Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers, calling it “the biggest blessing of my entire life.”<\/a>\u00a0At 19, Kaepernick’s birth mother found herself pregnant, and wanted to give her son the best life he could possibly have. She wanted him to have adoptive parents who could provide him with love, a family, and instill in him her love for sports. Rick and Teresa Kaepernick adopted Colin at five weeks old. And yet despite the fact that Kaepernick’s birth mother chose life for him, Kaepernick has just donated $25,000 to a pro-abortion group.<\/p>\n

He took to Instagram to announce his latest charitable beneficiaries, which included the Center for Reproductive Rights, a legal advocacy group dedicated to advancing abortion. They responded<\/a> by saying the donation “made their day.”<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s keep 2017 going strong! This is the fourth month of my Million Dollar Pledge and so far I\u2019ve donated $400k of the 1 million I promised! WE must keep empowering our oppressed communities and start from the ground up to make a real change. This month my donations went to the 350.org, a worldwide organization focused on climate campaigns and projects, CHIRLA, an organization working to advance the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees, Center for Reproductive Rights, a legal advocacy organization that promotes and defends the reproductive rights of women worldwide and Black Veterans for Social Justice, an organization that provides program services to assist military personnel in making a smooth transition from active duty to civilian life. Go to http:\/\/www.kaepernick7.com\/ to see the details on how they’ll be using the money to help their communities. If you want change, you have to be it!<\/a><\/p>\n

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