By Dave Andrusko

How and where the abortion debate takes its next turn depends on the answers to an almost countless number of questions. But near the top is how often and how effectively pro-lifers can put a "face" to the slaying of 1.3 million tiny victims each year. Enter the billboard you see on this page which boldly pronounces a quiet truth: "Black Children are an Endangered Species."

Reminiscent of the attack on the Super Bowl ad that featured Tim Tebow and his mother, Pam Tebow, opponents went on the offensive even before the first billboard appeared in neighborhoods across Atlanta. Organizers are placing 65 billboards, with another 15 in the works.

It's difficult to deny that abortion has a huge and disproportionate impact on African-Americans. In an article in the New York Times, intended to argue the advertisements are exaggerated, the reporter concedes "In 2006, 57.4 percent of the abortions in Georgia were performed on black women, even though blacks make up about 30 percent of the population, according to the most recent figures from the federal Centers for Disease Control."

And Georgian pro-lifers have particular reason to worry. "Of the 37 states that reported abortion data by race," writes the Times' Shaila Dewan, "Georgia was second only to New York and Texas in the number of abortions performed on black women. Only Mississippi and Maryland reported a higher percentage of abortions going to black women than Georgia."

This is a fact of life (and death) across America. A couple of years ago, one exhaustive study found that "there were 10.5 abortions per 1,000 white women ages 15 to 44, compared with 28 per 1,000 Hispanic women of that age and 50 per 1,000 black women," according to the Washington Post. "That translates into approximately 1 percent of white women having an abortion in 2004, compared with 3 percent of Hispanic women and 5 percent of black women."

Let's hope the billboards begin a real discussion about why abortion clinics tend to be so prevalent in Black communities.