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Our best estimates, based on a projection of the most recent data through the current period, is that the current cumulative number of abortions from 1967 through June of this year is 59.4 million, of which an estimated 20,350,000 are Black American abortions.
Considering that the total current Black American population is about 42,000,000, the 20,350,000 Black American abortions are equal to 48.45% of the total Black American population. If not for abortion, the total Black American population would be approximately 62,350,000, or 48% greater than it is today.
This is based on an analysis of data from the U.S. Statistical Abstract for 2013 and the National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 64, No. 1 dated January 15, 2015. This analysis was done recently by Dennis Howard, President of the Movement for a Better America who has written extensively on abortion demographics.
In 2015, there were an estimated 9,168,000 Black American women in their childbearing years between age 15 and 44 which make up around 14% of all women in that age group in the United States of America.
These women experienced:
- Births: 621,679
- Abortions: 423,000
- Pregnancies: 1,044,679
Resulting in:
- Abortions as a % of all pregnancies: 40.5%
- Abortion rate per 1,000 women: 46.3
The number of Black American births is a dramatic change from the earlier trend between 2000 and 2009, when births grew from 623,000 in 2000 to 671,000 in 2009. That’s a growth rate of 0.83% a year. If that trend had continued, Black American births in 2015 would have reached 705,000 in 2015, or 83,400 more than were actually born.
The Total Fertility Rate for Black American’s is 1.8, which is again below the replacement level fertility rate of 2.1 or the rate at which a generation can replace itself. Clearly, abortion is the biggest single negative force on Black American growth generally, including Black American economic and political power.
Keeping the Black American community smaller and less powerful reflects the racist, eugenic and genocidal mindset behind the abortion policies advanced by Planned Parenthood and the Democratic party under the guise of helping Black Americans. If “Black Lives Matter,” then the life of the human being inside the womb of his or her Black mother matters too.
Photo credit: Life News – Steven Ertelt
Walter B. Hoye II is the founder and president of the Issues4Life Foundation, the founder of the California Civil Rights and the Frederick Douglas Foundations of California, and proponent of the California Equal Rights Amendment.
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Bogus article! The threat to Black America growth is GUNS, not abortions. I really wish people would get their facts straight, and stop repeating what white folks want us to believe. The fight against abortion has nothing to do with black people, it is all about getting the numbers up for the white population. The shift is happening faster than they “whites” anticipated. Stop perpetuating this lie. Shame on you!!! I know you will not post this because you never post anything I write. The truth is not welcomed on this site, just distorted “facts”.
It does matter if they are killing more black babies then any other race .
It’s bogus only if you don’t believe that an unborn child is an actual human being, or you do believe that there are enough black people here in the United States to begin with as many pro-aborts seem to do.
A fact you should get straight is that since you apparently don’t believe that unborn children are human beings, far more are murdered than are shot on a daily basis.
You’ve stated some opinions. Can you back up those statements with facts? Rev Hoye has clearly represented hard cold facts concerning abortions and the black community. Margret Sanger’s attack on the black population was at the front end of the 20th century. This was well in advance of their, white peoples, decline in population. I’ll wait for your facts. But as you accused BCN, I doubt if you’ll respond, because you have none, just hatred.