{"id":3153,"date":"2010-02-20T06:56:14","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T14:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=3153"},"modified":"2010-08-03T08:24:43","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T16:24:43","slug":"african-american-history-abortion-rates-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/doctrine\/african-american-history-abortion-rates-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"African-American History: Abortion Rates Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/abortion.jpg\" alt=\"Wat Abortion\" width=\"240\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Bas-relief at Angkor Wat depicting a demon performing an ancient abortion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/cogwriter.htm\">COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>February, as most know, is &#8220;Black History Month&#8221;.  One disturbing modern aspect of African-American history is the abortion rate:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Abortion and black children<\/h2>\n<h4>By  \t \t\t \t\t\tGeorge Berkin<\/h4>\n<h5>February 19, 2010,  3:36PM<\/h5>\n<p>It\u2019s one of the <strong>worst-kept secrets<\/strong> in the abortion \u201cwars\u201d \u2013 that <strong>African-American<\/strong> women have <strong>abortions<\/strong> at a rate several times that of whites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nj.com\/njv_george_berkin\/2010\/02\/abortion_and_black_children.html\">http:\/\/blog.nj.com\/njv_george_berkin\/2010\/02\/abortion_and_black_children.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For a portion of the population that often seems to claim to be Christian, this is appalling. Of course, abortion is not a new practice, nor is it restricted to any specific ethnic group.\u00a0 And yes, Planned Parenthood generates a lot of revenue from killing unborn babies (see also <a title=\"Planned Parenthood Director Quits After Viewing Abortion Via Ultrasound\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/doctrine\/planned-parenthood-director-quits-after-viewing-abortion-via-ultrasound\/\">Planned Parenthood Director Quits After Viewing Abortion Via Ultrasound<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>But it is not right.<\/p>\n<p><em>An article of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/abortion.htm\">Abortion, the Bible, and a  Woman\u2019s Right to Choose<\/a> Do you know what the Bible teaches on this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bas-relief at Angkor Wat depicting a demon performing an ancient abortion. COGwriter February, as most know, is &#8220;Black History Month&#8221;. 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