The Misperception That Bigotry Is Everywhere

 From Rasmussen Reports:

Floyd's death generated enormous publicity and a sizable increase in support for the Black Lives Matter movement among whites (to 43% in Civiqs polling) as well as blacks (to 69%).

That support was accompanied by widespread misperceptions of the magnitude of police shootings of blacks. As Canadian political scientist Eric Kaufmann points out, a Quadratics survey in fall 2020 found that 8 in 10 African Americans believe black men are more likely to be killed by police than die in an auto accident, as did 53% of white Biden voters but only 15% of white Trump voters.

Actually, thousands of black men die in auto accidents every year, while fewer than 300 a year, according to The Post, are killed by police. Similar questions showed that similarly wide divergences from reality are apparent on other racially charged questions, and indeed, ordinary people often have enormous misperceptions of many statistical relationships.

In any case, as Manhattan Institute scholar Coleman Hughes has argued, "The public perception of bigotry has surpassed the reality to such an extent that it has become a moral panic." Hughes blames "critical race theory and intersectionality" for "the misperception that bigotry is everywhere, even as the data tell a different story: racism exists, but there has never been less racism than there is now." (Read more.)

From Live Action:

Beyond committing abortions, Planned Parenthood has been found to have repeatedly discriminated against even their own employees for their race, and even for choosing to have children. Hundreds of former employees have accused Planned Parenthood of systemic racism and of embracing white supremacy, which affected both staffers and patients alike.

Employees claimed Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY), for example, put into place “a revenue-driven, assembly-line approach to PPGNY clinics – one that put patients, and in particular Black and other patients of color, at potential risk.” Planned Parenthood staffers would allegedly also visit schools where the majority of students were Black, or other minorities, and pressure them to receive long-term contraceptives like IUDs. “You’re talking about public schools where black and brown children are because they’re so hypersexual and need to be controlled? It’s a direct link to the history of forced sterilization,” former employee Michelle Adams said in an interview with Jezebel.

Laura McQuade, PPGNY’s former CEO, was eventually fired after hundreds of staffers accused her of racist, abusive behavior.

Planned Parenthood staffers who were pregnant have said they received no allowances for their condition, claiming they were forced to work long shifts, on their feet for hours and with few breaks. One staffer was harassed into coming back to work from maternity leave early, even though she had given birth prematurely. Others also said they faced discrimination, simply for being pregnant — ranging from managers refusing to hire pregnant women, and staffers feeling pressured to never get pregnant. Most Planned Parenthood facilities reportedly do not provide maternity leave.

McGill Johnson can disavow discrimination, but it’s still happening within her organization.

McGill Johnson claims that Sanger’s reckoning lies in the work that comes next. This is very true. Planned Parenthood, if sincere, could truly leave this mindset behind, and embrace actual health care. They could help Black women overcome the injustices and obstacles that lead them to feel their only option is to have an abortion, and empower them to keep their children. They could provide prenatal, pregnancy, and postpartum care to low-income women. They could use this moment to truly make a difference, and leave Sanger’s legacy behind, once and for all.

But this seems unlikely to happen. After all, former Planned Parenthood president Dr. Leana Wen was fired for hoping to focus less on abortion and more on legitimate health care. Any talk of abandoning Margaret Sanger’s dangerous beliefs is meaningless when Planned Parenthood is fulfilling her ideals every single day. (Read more.)

From Dr. Alveda King at LifeNews:

Racism not only rears its ugly head in situations such as the George Floyd tragedy. Racism is deeply rooted in the socio-economic systems of America. A classic example of this travesty is the foundation of the organization Planned Parenthood, whose racist founder was Margaret Sanger.

In her April 17, 2021 op-ed for the New York Times, Planned Parenthood CEO Alex McGill Johnson said her organization would stop making excuses for Sanger. What she meant is that she wants her friends inside the Beltway and in the media to stop talking about Sanger’s sordid past, so the organization can quietly continue carrying out its genocide in the Black community while also giving lip service to the Black Lives Matter movement and helping to portray abortion as the very best of things on television and film. (Read more.)

 

Also from LifeNews:

Thomas, probably the strongest pro-life justice on the high court, mentioned abortion in his concurring opinion in the case Jones v. Mississippi, according to National Review.

The case had noting to do with abortion; the justices upheld a decision to give life without parole to a minor who was found guilty of murder. But Thomas noticed that the court seems to treat children differently depending on the issue.

“The Court’s language in this line of precedents is notable,” Thomas wrote. “When addressing juvenile murderers, this Court has stated that ‘children are different’ and that courts must consider ‘a child’s lesser culpability.’”

On the issue of abortion, however, Thomas said the court has made the opposite determination for children.

“… when assessing the Court-created right of an individual of the same age to seek an abortion, Members of this Court take pains to emphasize a ‘young woman’s’ right to choose,” he continued, citing previous rulings. “It is curious how the Court’s view of the maturity of minors ebbs and flows depending on the issue.”

Supreme Court rulings do allow states to enact parental consent or parental notification laws for minors seeking abortions. However, the court also ruled that these laws must include exceptions for young girls to seek a judicial bypass, meaning permission from a judge, rather than notify or seek permission from her parents.

Currently, 37 states require some type of parental consent or notification before an underage girl can have an abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

But abortion advocacy groups are making a concerted effort to end all parental involvement laws for abortions. An Illinois law requiring that a parent be notified at least 48 hours before their underage daughter has an abortion is one of their key targets this spring.

Victims of human trafficking and abuse are speaking out about the need for such laws, emphasizing how they protect young girls from being forced or coerced into abortions by abusers. (Read more.)

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