Today a billboard advertisement was taken down. Rev. Al Sharpton, and others, expressed their displeasure with the ad which featured a young African-American girl and the slogan “The most dangerous place for African-Americans is in the womb”.
The message is to bring attention to the fact that blacks represent 13% of the population, yet received 36% of abortions nationwide. In New York, 60% of black pregnancies end in abortion. If a black fetus has a 60% chance of being aborted in the city of New York, then the womb certainly is one of the most dangerous places.
"The billboard was offensive, especially during Black History Month," the Rev. Al Sharpton said.
Really, Al? This abortion rate is part of black history. And those aborted babies have no future either.
“This is an atrocity," said Darcey Merritt, 42, who is African-American and a professor of social work at New York University. "If a little person of color walks by and sees this, what message does that give about his or her mother, about other black people and their worth?" Merritt said. "This is dangerous."
First Mr. Merritt, that child walking by is alive, not having been aborted. Second, it tells the truth. The truth will set you free as they say.
The mother of the child pictured in the ad said she was “shocked” and wants an apology from them for being blind-sided like that. She had her three children photographed at a modeling agency two years ago, and knew the photos would become 'stock' images. “I was devastated they portrayed her that way” she said.
Mom, they portrayed her alive, and beautiful, which she is.
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