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Abortion and Race
While abortion has touched all levels of American society, perhaps no group has been devastated by abortion as much as minorities. Latinas represented 13% of the U.S. population of women of child bearing age in 2000 but accounted for 20% of all abortions performed that year in America.
The abortion rate among Latinos is almost 3 times higher than the abortion rate among Caucasians (33 per 1000 women, compared to 13 per 1000). And one in every four Latino pregnancies ends in abortion, compared to about one in every six Caucasian pregnancies.
In the history of America, immigrants, minorities, and the poor have often been treated as social outcasts and blamed for all sorts of social ills. Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, argued that “all our problems are the result of over breeding among the working class.” Today Planned Parenthood, America’s leading abortion promoter and provider, identifies its “core clients” as “young women, low-income women, and women of color.”
The loss to the community is more than just numbers or population. Abortion means the loss of Latino athletes, artists, political leaders, scientists, teachers, engineers, businessmen, and businesswomen.
*Note: All population data based on cumulative statistics provided by the U.S. Center for Disease Control. All abortion data from the Guttmacher Institute.
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