{"id":202825,"date":"2019-05-22T12:42:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T17:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=202825"},"modified":"2019-05-22T13:07:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T18:07:39","slug":"jesse-jackson-conceived-pro-life-advocates-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/jesse-jackson-conceived-pro-life-advocates-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Jackson, conceived in unfortunate circumstances, was pro-life. Now, he fights for the deaths of kids like him."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jesse Jackson has written a blistering op-ed<\/a>, slamming pro-life legislation in Alabama<\/a>, Georgia<\/a>, and Missouri<\/a>. These pro-life bills have abortion activists in near hysterics, spreading fear-mongering rhetoric about how these laws are dangerous for women — and Jackson is no different.<\/p>\n

Writing for the Trice Edney Wire<\/a>, Jackson criticized the “extremist laws,” lamenting that it will be difficult for poor women to undergo abortions<\/a>. And he also carelessly repeats falsehoods, writing, “Some of the laws would imprison doctors; others lock up mothers. This is what the anti-abortion movement has demanded.” This is untrue; even the Washington Post has debunked this oft-repeated myth about mothers supposedly being jailed<\/a>. Yes, abortionists could face prosecution for committing abortions, but under these laws, women absolutely will not.<\/p>\n

Jackson also framed the issue as one of injustice and classism. “Lost in this posturing \u2014 mostly by male politicians \u2014 is the basic reality. Passing laws that outlaw abortions won\u2019t end abortions,” he charged. “They will simply make them less safe, putting more lives at risk. And the posturing totally ignores the deep injustices surrounding reproductive rights, as whatever the law is, rich women will retain the right of choice \u2014 even if it requires going to a hospital in another country \u2014 while the lives of poor women, already locked out of any federal support for the counseling and choices they need, will be at ever greater risk.”<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0These Black leaders in history viewed abortion as Black genocide<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“The posturing will lead to the punishment of poor women for childbearing, putting more women and more fetuses at risk, and leave more infants born into a life without the basic support \u2014 health care, food, shelter \u2014 needed to have a chance for a healthy life,” he continued. “I share the concern for life that animates the most sincere opponents of abortion. I also agree that reproductive justice is essential to women.”<\/p>\n

It is both interesting and sad that Jackson takes this view; he was formerly pro-life, as many Black leaders have been<\/a>, even notably calling abortion<\/a> a “genocide.”<\/a> He also previously supported<\/a> both a constitutional amendment banning abortion, and laws prohibiting the taxpayer funding of abortion. In an interview with the New York Daily News<\/a>, he said, \u201cI think that whenever Human Life ceases to represent the highest value in the human sphere, the society is in trouble… at this point what the court have ruled in abortion, the legal, it almost takes away from the young man the responsibility, and from the young woman the responsibility, of the act they have engaged in. And when people begin to use the excuses like ‘this girl is not ready yet’ it means that the law of convenience becomes the highest law, and that is a very dangerous precedent morally, even before it becomes political!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rev. Jesse Jackson opposed abortion and birth control as Black Genocide<\/p><\/div>\n

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He also criticized the idea of abortion being an issue of privacy, even comparing it to slavery<\/a> in 1980, saying, “You could not protest the existence or treatment of slaves on the plantation because that was private and therefore outside your right to be concerned.” But it was later in the 1980s that his tune inexplicably began to change, and he began to advocate for abortion instead. And that has continued to this day, with Jackson continuing to advocate for abortion while remaining silent when black women are killed<\/a> at the hands of abortionists.<\/p>\n