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The National Black ProLife Union, a group of African-American leaders, held a press conference in Washington D.C. on 18 August 2009. Listen to 3 short video clips at http://www.criticalmention.com/vg/crc/WIN/

The National Black ProLife Union
www.nationalblackprolifeunion.com

Also for the complete AAPLOG statement, go to http://www.aaplog.org/latebreakingnews.aspx

Note: Black unborn babies are killed at a rate THREE TIMES that of non-black unborn babies.

The AAPLOG written statement for the press conference follows, in part:

    Caring for each patient, by first doing no harm, has been a core precept of the medical profession since the time of Hippocrates. The Hippocratic oath distinguishes doctors and other health care professionals from social engineers; those who want to use medical care as a kind of tool to manipulate society. Any health care reform bills must not force health care professionals to violate the trust at the core of the physician-patient relationship...

    We also call on the Administration to explicitly confirm and defend the health care professional's right to refuse to participate in procedures which violate that health care professional's conscience, including procedures explicitly forbidden under the Hippocratic Oath: abortion and euthanasia.

Donna J. Harrison, M.D. President. American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, also made this oral statement on 18Aug09 at the National Black ProLife Union press conference:

    Abortion destroys life. Abortion not only kills the unborn child, but also increases the mother's risk of suicide, depression, substance abuse and other adverse mental health outcomes.

Abortion increases her risk of preterm birth and cerebral palsy in the next pregnancy.

RU-486 abortion increases her risk of death from infection and massive hemorrhage.

These and other health risks are well documented in the medical literature...

Abortion destroys life. And abortion in this country is targeted at Black women.

One third of the abortions done in this country are done on black women, even though Black women make up about one sixth of the population.

Under the current bill, tax money is used to fund abortion providers, who already expand operations disproportionately to Black Americans. This means more black children aborted. We call on President Obama to explicitly exclude any tax funding of abortions from any proposed health care reform bills.

    And we call on the President to stop all current government subsidy to those organizations who in their roots and in their actions target the black community for genocide.

    Health care is about life. And health care reform must be about making life better, not destroying the lives of people who someone else doesn't want.

Confronting Abortion on Facebook
AAPLOG has a facebook page at    http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Association-of-Pro-Life-OBGYNS/101069505589 .   AAPLOG presents abortion complication related information, and engages in dialogue. On the "wall" is one set, on the "discussion" page is a more complete presentation.

Blood Money http://www.bloodmoneyfilm.com/

Maafa 21 http://www.maafa21.com

Jan-Feb 2007: Population

Leading Demographer Warns United Nations About Global War on Baby Girls

Dr. Eberstadt (AEI) pointed out 7Dec06 that the global epidemic of sex selected abortions is permanently skewing the demographic profile of the world. He warned delegates of the growing global gender imbalance due to prenatal sex selection and sex selected abortions...

LEADING DEMOGRAPHER WARNS UN ABOUT GLOBAL WAR ON BABY GIRLS. Renowned scholar Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt [American Enterprise Institute (AEI)] made a striking presentation at the UN 7Dec06 when he pointed out the global epidemic of sex selected abortions that is permanently skewing the demographic profile of the world. He warned delegates of the growing global gender imbalance due to prenatal sex selection and sex selected abortions. Calling the trend a “Global War Against Baby Girls”, Eberstadt delivered extensive statistics on the rise of “son preference” in every part of the world.
     Refuting the assumptions that preference for baby boys is a localized cultural phenomenon or due solely to coercive population programs, Eberstadt’s research reveals that imbalance is due to several factors: an existing preference for sons, a decrease in overall fertility, and the exponential increase in the use of technology which facilitates sex selection in the prenatal stages. He also emphasized that a rise in education levels does not slow the problem and in some cases is associated with increases in aborting baby girls.
     According to Eberstadt, natural birth rates are about 105 males for every 100 females born. Some regions of the world are experiencing upwards of 115 boys born for every 100 girls, some are as high at 150 boys born for every 100 girls. He warned delegates that this could just be the beginning and that the world is “moving to the realm of science fiction” as the ratio of baby boys to baby girls was already at levels “beyond nature.” Citing a recent study, Eberstadt said that even now there are 20 million “missing” baby girls in Asia alone, that sex-selected abortions have permanently skewed the demographic balance of China and are in the process of skewing the demographic balance of India. He also showed the way that the trend has crept into Eastern Europe and Latin America, and that almost every African state is showing signs of vulnerability to the phenomenon.
     Since 1994, the UN has recognized that “son preference” is discriminatory to women and girls and the Beijing Platform for Action lists female infanticide and prenatal sex selection as incidences of violence against women.
     The recent Violence Against Children (VAC) study released earlier this year made no mention of the problem of sex-selected abortions whereby parents are forced or coerced to choose one or two children and almost inevitably choose to abort unborn girls. The 139-page in-depth Violence Against Women (VAW) study also released this year only referred to prenatal sex selection three times.
     A delegate who attended the lecture told the Friday Fax, “This is astonishing. The research clearly shows that this is a growing problem all over the world. It is our job as delegates to seek solutions.”
     Experts say solutions will be hard to come by. Eberstadt pointed out that when South Korea made sex selected abortions illegal, the practice sky-rocketed. It is likely the only cure will be a curb on all abortions. Experts also point out that a rising imbalance of boys to girls will lead to trafficking in women and could contribute to an increasing national security concerns. [December 8, 2006, Friday Fax, Volume 9, Number 51, C-FAM, S. Singson, NY]

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