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Aurelius Metaraon  //  I am a Child, God, Prince and King. I am also an Element, Particle and Force. I am Word and Belief. What other could I be, El Shaddai being my Father. There are other things here to be seen and those that know will recognize them. Oh and Melchizedek, I am waiting.

Feb 24 / 2:38pm

Video - Abortion Signs Spark Race Debate CNN.com

This interview is a bit hard to watch if not comical. Catherine Davis and Artis Cash both participate in this discussion and I think are working at cross purposes. Conservatives love to focus on abortion but refuse to acknowledge the living conditions many of today's children are born into. Pro-Lifers' concern shouldn't stop the moment the baby leaves the hospital for the first time. It has to be about the things that bring quality to life and these are the issues that conservatives routinely ignore. Her statistics are compelling but I'd like to see how many of these abortions involve women in poverty because she might well find that poverty more than anything else is a prevailing factor if not near causal.

Blacks may be targeted by Abortion clinics. I have no way of knowing one way or the other. What I do know is that targeted or not, poverty, poor outcomes and bleak outlooks render families and young women of any color that are struggling; vulnerable and susceptible to the message and who knows, maybe more likely to engage the process.

Mr. Cash seemed a bit out matched by his argument. On the face of it he's a defender of the poor and maltreated at least I think that's the direction he's headed. Yet, he mentions character as the issue. While I agree that it is a character issue, contextually Character is off base and has negative connotations that apply to anyone getting an abortion of every social status. Admittedly some number of the rich and others unwilling to jeopardize or compromise educational and career goals access abortion services as abortion is not for poor people only by any means. Still this group is outside of those stands in defense of. Mr. Cash would be better served specifically mentioning education and poverty; keep Al Sharpton (whom I like) out of his mouth for fear of appearing a lacky and deal with the issues that make abortion appear a way out to women and girls who struggling to support themselves. He had a great point to make, but he spent time trying to spin this and attack her and unfortunately his articulation isn't up to the task.

Ms. Davis' reduction of the issues down to "Social Justice" was troubling as its a clinical operand used to gloss over the dynamic and unrelenting peril we face daily. Given her chosen political bent this sort of construct is unsurprising. I just hope that her heart is truly in the right place. They both are in agreement as to the targeting and to be clear, I am glad she's spotlighting this. I'd just rather she took her stance to its full conclusion because that's where the real work really begins and its also why conservatives don't go there.