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Minorities vs. Abortion
from Ready Or Not
Minorities vs. Abortion
Do minority women matter to abortion providers? Do their children matter?
Let’s look at some facts. Then you can draw your own conclusions.
According to the Guttmacher Institute’s report Induced Abortion in the United States, minority women make up the majority (53%) of abortion clientele. Note—women of color comprise a much smaller percent of the population—only 31.9%.
Furthermore, 79% of all surgical abortion centers remain located within walking distance of minority communities. Services from Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) seem like a better option because they provide full healthcare services to all women.
FQHCs are outpatient medical clinics which accept both Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement. They have 13,779 health and service centers serving over 29.8 million people per year across the nation.
Blacks and Hispanics comprise 31.9% of the population, and yet they make up 53% of abortion clientele.
"In New York City, thousands more black babies are aborted than born alive each year, and the abortion rate among black mothers is more than three times higher than it is for white mothers... By contrast, births far surpassed abortions among Whites, Asians and Hispanics."