Bishop Martin D. Holley, a black priest and Auxilliary bishop of Washington, D.C.,  responded quickly to a recent Guttmacher Institute report indicating U.S. black women have abortions at five times the rate of white women.

Bishop Holley serves as Chair of the Sub-Committee on African American Affairs and he is a member of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

Bishop Holley said,

As an African American, I am saddened by evidence that Black women continue to be targeted by the abortion industry. The loss of any child from abortion is a tragedy, but we must ask: Why are minority children being aborted at such disproportionate rates?

Over 80 percent of Planned Parenthood clinics are located in minority neighborhoods…..

Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, began the ‘Negro Project’ to reduce the Black population…..

My brothers and sisters, we can overcome abortion in our nation.

Let us defend our community…