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The anti-abortion movement tries many tactics — guilt, misinformation, assuring women they’re smart and capable enough, more guilt — but one of the latest permutations has been framing abortion as a racial issue. Some anti-abortion activists are framing legal abortion as a way to deter black women‘s reproduction. The latest example is this billboard hanging in New York City’s highly trafficked SoHo neighborhood which reads, “The most dangerous place for an African-American is in ...   >>>

The anti-abortion movement tries many tactics — guilt, misinformation, assuring women they’re smart and capable enough, more guilt — but one of the latest permutations has been framing abortion as a racial issue. Some anti-abortion activists are framing legal abortion as a way to deter black women‘s reproduction. The latest example is this billboard hanging in New York City’s highly trafficked SoHo neighborhood which reads, “The most dangerous place for an African-American is in the womb.” The billboard was posted by the Texas-based anti-abortion group, Life Always, The New York Times reports, conveniently timed for Black History Month.



Race-related abortion billboards are not new: Groups, like the one behind BlackGenocide.org claim that pregnancy termination is kept legal so as to weed out society’s so-called “undesirables.” As I reported last summer, other anti-abortion billboards targeting blacks have appeared in places like Georgia and Arkansas reading “Black & Unwanted” and “Black Children Are An Endangered Species.”



**This excerpt is taken from Frisky.com's article, "Anti-Abortion Foes Target Blacks with "Dangerous Womb" Billboards" written by Jessica Wakeman which is linked below. Do click through to read more of this and to click through to all the interesting links she has in the article.**