I just returned from Charleston, SC this week, where I conducted a workshop at Heartbeat International’s annual conference entitled: Does Planned Parenthood Really Target Minorities? During the workshop, I shared these startling statistics: African Americans make up only 12.6% of the population, but received 30% of the 1.2 million abortions in 2008. Abortion currently remains … Read More

The Guttmacher Institute determined in 2011 that only 9% of abortion facilities are located in predominantly Black neighborhoods. Some would consider this a definitive answer to the question, but it most certainly is not. Protecting Black Life’s research on Planned Parenthood’s targeting of minorities shows that Guttmacher’s research does not tell the whole story, especially … Read More