Is abortion racist or is a tool against the poor?

[northnut]

Originally Posted by Spaten_Drinker

Abortion is the birth control method of choice for poor, lazy, and ignorant people.

Ignorant? Hahahaha, I don't think so.

Is abortion racist? No.

[desertdetroiter]

Originally Posted by Spaten_Drinker

Abortion is the birth control method of choice for poor, lazy, and ignorant people.

Please. Middle class people are PACKING abortion clinics like crazy.

Provide some proof for that delusional drivel you posted.

[shooting4life]

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

This source shows that 52.4% of all legal abortions are performed on white women.

Reported Legal Abortions by Race of Woman Who Obtained Abortion by the State of Occurrence | The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

I am unaware that income is a required disclosure for any medical procedure.

The data is not per capita so it is useless. Plus the only categories are white, black and other.

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by shooting4life

The data is not per capita so it is useless. Plus the only categories are white, black and other.

So why do those things trouble you with this study ?

[shooting4life]

Originally Posted by dsjj251

So why do those things trouble you with this study ?

Because it is disingenuous and does not reflect an accurate representation of the data. It is stats101.

[Declan's Dad]

It's a well known fact that Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood was a eugenicist and racist who hated black people.

[Ceece]

Originally Posted by Declan's Dad

It's a well known fact that Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood was a eugenicist and racist who hated black people.

::looks around for Margaret Sanger::



Well known facts about people from the past don't mean squat to well known facts about people today.

[Packard fan]

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

This source shows that 52.4% of all legal abortions are performed on white women.

Reported Legal Abortions by Race of Woman Who Obtained Abortion by the State of Occurrence | The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

I am unaware that income is a required disclosure for any medical procedure.

Basically half of all abortions are done on "anglo white" women; out of 100 ladies out there; it sounds like MORE "Black" and "Hispanic" ones are having them done since anglo white women are MOST women in the US; like 70 percent or more.

[lycos679]

Originally Posted by desertdetroiter

Please. Middle class people are PACKING abortion clinics like crazy.

Provide some proof for that delusional drivel you posted.

Women making under 200% of the federal poverty line make up 57% of abortions. (as of 2000) The following study also found that as incomes rose the abortion rate declined.

Poverty. Women with incomes below 200% of poverty made up 30% of all women of reproductive age, but accounted for 57% of all women having abortions in 2000: Twenty-seven percent of abortions were obtained by women living below the poverty line, and another 31% by women with incomes of 100-199% of poverty. The concentration of economically disadvantaged women among those having abortions was greater in 2000 than in 1994, when 50% of women obtaining abortions had incomes of less than 200% of poverty.

Patterns in the Socioeconomic Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions in 2000-2001

[lycos679]

Originally Posted by evilnewbie

Considering that those that seek abortion are largely black and hispanic, is it a racist tool?

Also consider that 60% of those who have abortions are in poverty, is it a tool targeting the poor?


I am for a women's choice but have to wonder in this day and age, where institutional racism exists.. could abortion be defined in that sense?

It is a convenient tool for the poor. I don't think it is used against the poor, they do have a choice; but even if it is targeting the poor, so what? The poor should not have many kids.