A New Governor Faces The Abortion Issue

The Democratic Party is imploding, and the political analysts seem befuddled by the sudden downturn of its election prospects in the polls. It's no big secret, however, to those of us who recognize that the party's embrace of the culture of death would one day invoke this tailspin. The lesson seems to be lost on our new governor, who is poised to enact his predecessor's proposed legislation, which, melodramatic as it may sound, has finally brought down the wrath of God.

It was disheartening to learn that Governor Paterson supports Governor Spitzer's Reproductive Health and Privacy Protection Act, which will make abortion a fundamental civil right, allowing very-late-term abortions and permitting non-physicians to perform them. RHAPP has generated opposition both from abortion rights advocates and opponents of legalized abortion because it removes limits on and controls over the procedure, making abortion less safe while remaining legal.

A press release from Women's Health Prerogative enumerates some of the appalling provisions of the bill, including a modification of the New York State Penal Code so that coerced or forced abortions, abortions performed by unauthorized clinics, and other back-alley scenarios cannot be prosecuted. The bill prevents medical examiners from investigating deaths caused by criminal abortions; it also prevents unauthorized abortion providers from being tried for manslaughter for abortions that lead to a woman's death.

As it is written now, this proposed legislation is more than an assault on the safety of women's health; it's an attack on the First Amendment, as it does not allow dissent by medical personnel being forced to perform abortions. Mr. Spitzer refused to amend the language of the proposed legislation to allow an opt-out to the mandated procedures. It is doubtful that Mr. Paterson will even reconsider this hard-line stance: In 2004, he was given the Margaret Sanger Award by Family Planning Advocates of New York State for his support of abortion.

It is almost inconceivable that Mr. Paterson and Senator Obama, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, are unaware of the genocidal impact of abortion on the black community and the eugenics behind the founding of Sanger's Planned Parenthood. Thanks to Matt Drudge and the Internet, it's getting harder to ignore the true motives of abortion rights advocates.

The winter issue of a pro-life student newsletter at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Advocate, features a story on Planned Parenthood's racist ties, past and present. Students at the university are campaigning to ban Planned Parenthood from campus and recorded the call to a PP fund-raiser, Autumn Kersey, who responded, albeit nervously, "understandable, understandable," to a white donor's remarks, "the less black kids out there, the better." The details of this campaign can be found at the students' Web site, www.laadvocate.com.

Seventeen African-American leaders, including Alveda King, niece of the Reverend Martin Luther King, have sent a letter to Mr. Paterson noting that Planned Parenthood is one of the biggest supporters of RHAPP. They assert in the letter that this bill is a direct threat to black families and the black community throughout the state, and that the bill is "downright dangerous to women."

The writers of the letter include several pastors, among them the Reverend William Owens of the Coalition of African American Pastors. They are all aware of the eugenics history of Margaret Sanger, who spoke at a KKK rally in New Jersey and who created the Negro Project in 1939 with the express purpose of restricting the black population.

Perhaps Mr. Obama would have been served better by attending a church where the pastor recognized the real enemies of the black community. Instead, his campaign has been tarnished by the incendiary remarks of his former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, blaming white America for sins against his people.

Nationwide, Planned Parenthood received about $902 million in revenue in 2005–06, according to its annual report. Private donations made up about 24%, or $212 million. How many of these donors are African-Americans, and do they realize what they've done?

Blacks are no longer the largest minority group in America, and why is not a mystery. According to the blackgenocide.org Web site, 1,452 black children are killed each day by the heinous act of abortion; since 1973, more than 13 million black children have been killed and their precious mothers victimized by the American abortion industry.

Mr. Obama has been a constant supporter of abortion rights, in spite of the toll on the black community. So have Mr. Paterson and the Democratic Party. I'll stay on the side of the angels. The odds are better.

acolon@nysun.com