Across the Atlanta area there are now billboards with the face of a young African-American child and the words \u201cEndangered Species.\u201d A number of pro-life groups joined together to launch the eye-catching campaign, saying the black community has been disproportionately impacted by abortion. They cite figures from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) showing African-American women are three times as likely as white women to abort their pregnancies. Ryan Bomberger, who is adopted, designed the billboards and says he wants to expose Planned Parenthood and its \u201cracist\u201d beginnings based in eugenics. \u201cIt\u2019s undeniable, why our present day reality is the way it is when you understand the history of Planned Parenthood,\u201d Bomberger says.<\/p>\n
Catherine Davis, of Georgia Right to Life, says the billboards have been effective, pushing the African-American community to have an important conversation about abortion. However, others say they are infuriated by the \u201coffensive\u201d billboards including Paris Hatcher of SPARK Reproductive Justice Now. Hatcher says there are several of the billboards in her neighborhood, and she doesn\u2019t think she\u2019s the only one who finds them disturbing. \u201cMost Atlantans have been incredibly put off,\u201d Hatcher says, \u201cthis language and approach is not the way we should be having this conversation.\u201d Hatcher believes the campaign shames black women and demeans African-American children by equating them to \u201canimals.\u201d But, Davis points the finger back at groups like Planned Parenthood and says they are the ones who have devastated the black community with their \u201ceugenics-based motivation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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