Anti-Abortion Advocates Use Of Race Is Out Of Bounds

I realize that abortion is a hot-button issue (one that could hardly get much hotter) that stirs a lot of emotion inside a lot of people.

While I do believe people are entitled to their own points of view, as far as the issue is concerned, I find it appalling that some extremists are using race as a way of promoting their anti-abortion agenda.

I saw this bullshit on the Web site toomanyabortions.com:

Abortion is not a me issue. It’s not a you issue. It’s not a personal issue, nor is it just a woman’s issue. It is a human issue. And today, with over 40% of all black pregnancies ending in induced abortion, it is a human crisis. The ‘Endangered Species’ campaign highlights the disproportionate impact of abortion on the black community. The Radiance Foundation has decried abortion’s impact on our entire society, regardless of race, but this particular campaign attempts to dig deeper and focus on abortion in an historical context with real present-day ramifications. This isn’t black versus white, or a me versus you. It’s the truth versus the lie. The truth is that abortion kills an innocent human life.

The end of this excerpt makes the comment that "this isn't black versus white," but clearly the whole campaign is about race and using race as a way to draw blacks to the anti-abortion side of the issue. This is completely foul and wrong. Trying to use the politics of fear and race, as a way to drum up support for an anti-abortion campaign, is disgraceful.