Abortion

Abortion Industry Decimating Black Community

By Charlene Israel
CWNews

CWNews.com –Here in the U.S. the number of black abortions is twice the rate of the rest of society. Some black leaders say those aborted babies are part of a destructive abortion industry that targets blacks more than any other group.

The message at this First Annual Pastors For Life Conference was loud and clear.

Dr. Clenard Childress is the founder of BlackGenocide.org

He said, "Abortion is black genocide. What happens to the moral fabric of a nation that can accept the aborting of a child without a pang of conscience?"

In many black Communities, for every child actually born, three others are aborted. That’s more than double the rate among Whites. In just the last 25 years, 12-million blacks have been aborted.

Childress further said the consequences of those figures will eventually end up destroying a whole race of Americans.

Some say abortion is the number one killer in the black community. This is leading more and more African American churches to speak out and take a pro-life stand.

Bishop Daniel Robertson of Richmond's Mount Gilead Baptist Church hosted the First Annual Pastors for Life Conference. It is an idea he hopes will spread among black pastors.

Bishop Robertson said, "We really need to make a statement to the community that we believe the Bible: ‘Thou shall not kill’."

But Robertson's church does more than just preach against abortion. For one thing, they encourage their members to consider adopting the unplanned children.

The Bishop added, "We go to the abortion clinics and tell people ‘There are other alternatives.’ To educate people: you don't have to do this.“

He added, “And so we do have that ongoing ministry. And then, because our doors are open and because we preach the message of Jesus Christ, we do try to give people hope."

In his book, No Shepherds Cry, Childress says the black church can no longer be silent on this issue.

He said, "If there's a devouring force that's decimating my community, as a shepherd, I must respond with the truth. And deliver the lamb with its young, with its young, from the wolf and the devourer. And the devourer is the abortion industry."

Dr. Childress points out that this should come as no surprise, considering that Black Americans were long ago targets of the abortion industry.

In the early 20th century, Margaret Sanger founded Planned Parenthood, an organization that later became the nation's largest abortion provider. Sanger encouraged abortion and sterilization to limit the size of black families.

Childress says she also used the unaware Black minister to further her agenda.

He said, "Margaret Sanger was a devout racist, pro-Eugenics and the author of the Negro Project. She knew the Colored minister was going to be pivotal in getting her program across."

Because of that, both Robertson and Childress believe black clergy must now take the lead in fighting against abortion.

Dr. Childress said, "The Colored minister, the Negro minister, the African American minister is pivotal right now in addressing the abortion issue. Because we have been silent, due to political ties and due to some misinformation."

But Bishop Robertson says the issue isn't just with the black church -- but with the faith community as a whole.

Bishop Robertson explained, There are a lot of pastors, whether they're Black or White, they're just comfortable, they don't want to stir up anything.”

He added, “You can't stay behind the stained glass windows of your sanctuary, you really have to reach out into your community and make a difference.”

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