Guest Post by Karen Testerman…
After reading a recent article in World Magazine about the sentencing of a California abortionist for malpractice who "targeted Spanish-speaking women," the question to ponder…Is Planned Parenthood’s primary interest in the industry financial or is their goal more subversive?
According to Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League (ALL). "Their [Planned Parenthood] primary focus used to be the African-American community, but about 10 years ago they began writing in their publications about what they call ‘outreach to the Hispanic community.’
Consider a further fact from the article. "The Guttmacher Institute, formerly the research arm of Planned Parenthood, reports that in 2004 there were 10.5 abortions per 1,000 non-Hispanic white women ages 15 to 44, compared with 28 per 1,000 Hispanic women in the same age group." Further the Guttmacher Institute reports that "thirty-seven percent of abortions occur to black women, 34% to non-Hispanic white women, 22% to Hispanic women and 8% to women of other races."
BlackGenocide.org states that "78% of their [Planned Parenthood] clinics are in minority communities." And that "Minority women constitute only about 13% of the female population (age 15-44) in the United States, but they underwent approximately 36% of the abortions."
Now consider that Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger advocated the development of a superior race" by eliminating religious and ethnic minorities she referred to as "useless breeders." In one of her writings, Pivot of Civilization, Sanger refers to African-Americans, immigrants and poor people as "…human weeds,’ ‘reckless breeders,’ ‘spawning… human beings who never should have been born."
In a letter to Clarence J. Gamble written in 1939, Sanger wrote, "We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members."
According to the article, in 2004, Planned Parenthood added Methodist minister Ignacio Castuera as their first ever national chaplain. "Castuera’s job was to convince Hispanic women that "they could choose to abort and still be in good standing with God."
It is also instructive to note the emphasis Planned Parenthood has historically placed on locating its abortion clinics in close proximity to minority neighborhoods. So this leads one to ask when the apparent goal is to target black and Hispanic communities, why is President Barak Obama such a strong supporter of Planned Parenthood and their agenda? Did Margaret Sanger find the answer to her 1939 search?
Bringing it closer to home in New Hampshire, a quick survey of the location of abortion clinics finds that indeed their locations appear to focus on the lower socio-economic populations. Concord’s is across the street from a job’s center; Manchester’s is located on the edge of a poorer section of the city; Claremont is a financially depressed area, and the West Lebanon location is in an economically depressed area. Is this a coincidence or are they fulfilling Sanger’s goal to eliminate the "weeds?"
"…through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous…" Romans 5:19
Karen Testerman is the Director of Social Policy Coalitions for Eligere Strategies.