{"id":27619,"date":"2023-01-26T20:32:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T20:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/?p=27619"},"modified":"2024-03-01T18:31:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T18:31:01","slug":"whose-black-lives-matter-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/whose-black-lives-matter-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Whose \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d To You?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Whether we choose to believe it or not, Black Americans have historically held Conservative views. So, when we consider the intentional taking of a human life by way of abortion, why aren\u2019t these same Black Conservative views angered with the genocide that has taken the lives of a future Fredrick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., or Justice Clarence Thomas?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The answer is simple. Black America continues to be entangled in the web of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acton.org\/pub\/commentary\/2012\/11\/14\/lbj-curse-black-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">War on Poverty<\/a>\u201d programs implemented in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ). Not only did these programs condition Black America to develop a \u201cvictim\u201d mentality, but they also allowed LBJ to masterfully cement in history Black America\u2019s dependency on the government.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The effects of LBJ\u2019s entitlement programs have resulted in the destruction of the Black nuclear family. In 2020, only <a href=\"https:\/\/blackdemographics.com\/households\/marriage-in-black-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30%<\/a> of Black Americans were married, which should come as no surprise why Black women accounted for the highest percentages of abortions during this same year (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/71\/ss\/ss7110a1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">39.2%<\/a>), and historically. This is quite tragic when we consider that Black women are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/quickfacts\/fact\/table\/US\/RHI225221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">less than 14%<\/a> of the U.S. population. Whose \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>By<\/strong><\/em> <strong><em>Mo Riggins<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AfricanAmericanDeathRateOhio-1-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AfricanAmericanDeathRateOhio-1-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AfricanAmericanDeathRateOhio-1-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AfricanAmericanDeathRateOhio-1-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AfricanAmericanDeathRateOhio-1-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AfricanAmericanDeathRateOhio-1.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/odh.ohio.gov\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/gov\/22f585e9-1090-473e-8fde-a0f8af08a224\/Induced+Abortions+in+Ohio+2021.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&amp;CONVERT_TO=url&amp;CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE.Z18_M1HGGIK0N0JO00QO9DDDDM3000-22f585e9-1090-473e-8fde-a0f8af08a224-oefXxla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Induced+Abortions+in+Ohio+2021.pdf<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deadorkicking.com\/death-statistics\/us\/ohio\/2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Ohio Deaths in 2021, How Many Deaths in Ohio 2021 | Dead or Kicking<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Leading Causes of Death in Ohio 2020 (CDC.gov\/nchs\/pressroom\/states\/ohio)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li><strong>Heart disease<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cancer<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Covid-19<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Accidents<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stroke<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alzheimer\u2019s Disease<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Diabetes<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kidney Disease<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Septicemia<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Heart Disease Deaths U.S. 2020<\/span> (CDC.gov\/heartdisease\/facts\/htm)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         <strong> 697,000 people died of heart disease in the U.S. in 2020<br>          20.7% were Black, 144,279 people<br>          21.3% were White, 148,461 people<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Abortions in the U.S. in 2020<\/span> (stacks.cdc.gov\/view\/cdc\/123183)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         <strong> Of 49 reporting areas in the U.S., there were 620,327 abortions performed<br>          (states are not required to report abortion procedures)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>          <strong>Of 30 reporting areas in the U.S. that reported ethnicity:<br>          243,168 (39.2%) were done on Black women<br>          202,847 (32.7%) were done on White women<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note:  According to the Guttmacher Institute in 2020, &#8220;there were 930,160 abortions performed in clinical settings&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">guttmacher.org\/article\/2022\/11\/abortion-incidence-and-service-availability-united-states-2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Billboards-Dr.-Forte-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Billboards-Dr.-Forte-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Billboards-Dr.-Forte-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Billboards-Dr.-Forte-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Billboards-Dr.-Forte.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Billboards to be put up in February, 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether we choose to believe it or not, Black Americans have historically held Conservative views. So, when we consider the intentional taking of a human life by way of abortion, why aren\u2019t these same Black Conservative views angered with the genocide that has taken the lives of a future Fredrick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Dr. Martin&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Whose \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d To You? - Cincinnati Right to Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/whose-black-lives-matter-to-you\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Whose \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d To You? - Cincinnati Right to Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Whether we choose to believe it or not, Black Americans have historically held Conservative views. 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