Thom Hartmann

**Jimaz** · June-05-19, 05:30 PM

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Exposing The Racism Hidden In The "Pro-Life" Movement

Abortion rights are under attack again, and this time from places you might not suspect.

Commenting on Box vs Planned Parenthood, Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas went on a rant that blamed black women for seeking medical care like abortion.

Clarence Thomas was even suggesting that abortion is another form of genocide against African Americans.

Where does the racist myth about abortion come from?

Thom Hartmann digs into the history of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger to disprove the racist myths behind the so-called "pro-life" movement.

**Zacha341** · June-06-19, 09:52 AM

Beyond the debate on rather Roe goes or not, some [[not just the repub men - sorry about that) are asking where's the bottom of this? What does abortion at ANY TIME for any reason for example say to personhood in general?

Well, we've progressed beyond the tiresome euphemisms: 'blob of tissue', 'inconsequential mass', 'clump of cells', or 'termination' etc. We now have the clarity of what we're dealing with, and what specific action occurs upon the specific parties; um-eh, the 'kids'!

....On multiple levels... [[I'll take Rogers at his word perhaps?):

An Alabama Democrat’s attempt to defend abortion rights backfired.
State Rep. John Rogers’s inflammatory comments could hijack the abortion debate.

A Democratic state representative from Alabama shocked listeners nationwide this week when he argued against an abortion ban by saying “some kids are unwanted, so you kill them now or kill them later.”

“You bring them into the world unwanted, unloved, then you send them to the electric chair. So you kill them now or you kill them later,” state Rep. John Rogers said on Tuesday, apparently talking about black children in Alabama...

https://www.vox.com/2019/5/3/1852825...ocrat-abortion