{"id":239224,"date":"2021-02-04T07:30:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T13:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=239224"},"modified":"2021-02-04T12:49:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T18:49:34","slug":"four-quotes-black-leaders-abortions-impact-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/four-quotes-black-leaders-abortions-impact-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Four quotes from Black leaders reveal abortion’s detrimental impact on society"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abortion’s impact on the Black community cannot be overstated. Though the Black community comprises just 13% of the US population, Black women account for a tragic 34% of all abortions<\/a>. But abortion is not limited to one race, economic status, region, or country. Abortion is not an issue of women’s rights \u2014 it is a human problem, and a grave human rights abuse.<\/p>\n

Many Black leaders have pointed this out over the past decades<\/a>, including the handful mentioned below who note the negative impacts legalized abortion has had on society, the family, and the world.<\/p>\n

Parental consent<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople want to be able to tell me that if I have an adolescent daughter who gets pregnant and wants to have an abortion, she can have it without my consent or my knowledge \u2014 which is irrelevant to the debate over abortion. It\u2019s just the very fact that someone is usurping my authority as a parent.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0– The late Walter E. Williams<\/strong>, economist and commentator<\/p>\n

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The late Walter E. Williams<\/p><\/div>\n

The abortion industry fights all efforts to require parental notification or consent by law before a minor can obtain an abortion. Industry leader Planned Parenthood has been caught on undercover recordings<\/a>, helping investigators posing as teens to procure abortions in other states and refusing to report statutory rape on minors. Planned Parenthood is no friend to parents<\/a> who want to be involved in their children’s lives \u2014 yet if something happens to a minor undergoing an abortion, it is the child’s parent or guardian who will be left to deal with the aftermath of potential physical and emotional damage done to that child.<\/p>\n