Abortion

Nationally, Black mothers have five times as many abortions as white mothers. It’s this reality that inspired a controversial anti-abortion billboard campaign that is driving a wedge between activists in Oakland, California. Anti-abortion organization, Issues4Life, created the campaign to bring awareness to what they describe as an abortion aided genocide of Black children. Abortion rights […]

*Correction: The previous article said that CBS Outdoor Billboard Manager Jeff McCuen didn’t think the billboards were offensive. McCuen actually never made a comment on this story, and throughout the aggregation process, the writer made a mistake by attaching his name to comments that were never made by him.* A series of controversial anti-abortion billboards […]

NEW YORK — Many states are banning abortion after the 20th week, possibly changing the landscape of the Supreme Court decision of Roe V. Wade. Alabama, Kansas, Idaho, Indiana and Oklahoma have passed laws banning abortion with the new limitation, based on the theory that the fetus can feel pain at the 20-week stage of […]

A new billboard campaign attacking a woman's right to choose has been launched by the ultra-conservative Radiance Foundation in black areas of Atlanta and other African-American neighborhoods.

In an echo of the billboards that were placed in Manhattan earlier this year targeting African-American women, a Latino pro-life group will launch an anti-abortion campaign on Friday targeting Latinas. The conservative group “Latino Partnership For Conservative Principles” is launching its anti-abortion crusade in California to coincide with a related conference — but the announcement […]

JAMAICA — An article on The Grio touches on a frightening new trend of Jamaican women using preventative stomach ulcer medication to abort unwanted pregnancies. The Grio reports: Cytotec — the generic name for Misoprostol — is supposed to be accessible only by prescription. But according to reports the drug is being sold in markets […]

NEW YORK — A New Jersey mother is suing an anti-abortion organization that used her 6-year-old daughter’s image on a massive billboard in New York City that some people denounced as racist and offensive. Tricia Fraser filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Texas-based Life Always over the billboard that went up briefly in Manhattan earlier this […]

CHICAGO — Anti-abortion billboard organization Life Always have installed their most recent questionable display in Black communities in Chicago. The latest billboards show an image of Barack Obama next to the words, “Every 21 minutes, our next possible leader is aborted.” ALSO READ: HelloBeautiful.com’s 25 Women To Know ChicagoNow reports: “The sponsors of these billboards […]

PHILADELPHIA — A jailed Philadelphia abortion doctor will sell his $900,000 beach home if he needs cash to defend himself in a capital murder case but will freeze other assets indefinitely amid a wrongful-death lawsuit, his lawyer said Wednesday.

NEW YORK — A New Jersey mother who was shocked to learn that her 6-year-old daughter’s face was on a provocative anti-abortion billboard in New York says she’s angry she hasn’t received an apology from the group responsible for the advertisement.

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia abortion doctor who allegedly performed illegal late-term abortions in filthy conditions is set to appear before a judge for his formal arraignment on murder charges.

New York —  A controversial anti-abortion billboard in Soho aimed at African-American women and children is being pulled down after mass outrage from Black leaders. RELATED: Top 9 Black TV Hosts The Rev. Al Shaprton, who applied pressure to the group who put the ad up said that it was especially offensive during Black History […]