NARAL Pro-Choice America's choice to endorse Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee for president, rather than Hillary Clinton, has proven to be a divisive issue -- for NARAL.
Why Barack and not old reliably abortion-friendly Hillary?
Nancy Keenan, NARAL's president, claimed that the endorsement's timing was necessary "because because Senator John McCain the presumptive Republican nominee, who opposes abortion rights, was getting a 'free ride.'"
The group's Political Director Elizabeth Shipp's comments on NARAL's choice are more telling:
Ms. Shipp also said there was a feeling that endorsing Mr. Obama at a high-profile juncture might help Naral shed its image as an organization for white women only.
What nonsense!
NARAL's wish to attract minorities is a response to growing awareness in the African-American community of the disproportionate number of abortions performed there.
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Virtually all gender selection abortions destroy unborn female human beings, and the rate of abortions in black communities is 3x that of whites, so NARAL et al pull off a double-play of appealing to misogynists and racists.
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