Michael Vick and Abortion

Michael Vick is the former quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons professional football team, and an African American. In July 2009, Vick was released after serving 18 months in prison for running a dog fighting ring, and he was reinstated to the National Football League with conditions by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Vick is currently playing with the Philadelphia Eagles and can take part in preseason practices, workouts and meetings and can play in the final two preseason games.

Without question, dog fighting is deplorable and inhumane. Upon his release, the animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), wasted no time reminding people exactly what Vick had done. "PETA and millions of decent football fans around the world are disappointed that the Eagles decided to sign a guy who hung dogs from trees. He electrocuted them with jumper cables and held them under water," PETA spokesman Dan Shannon told the Associated Press.

If you contrast Michael Vick's actions with what thousands of so-called abortion doctors do every day, one of the differences you quickly realize is that dog fighting and the killing of dogs is illegal. And it should be. However, abortion, the killing of tiny defenseless human beings, is not, at least not in the United States of America. Why mention the fact that Michael Vick is Black? Because Protecting Black Life's mission and mandate is to educate, motivate and activate the Black community across this country about the genocidal impact abortion is having upon us. Abortion remains the leading cause of death in the African American community, HIGHER than AIDS/HIV, accidents, violent crimes, heart disease and cancer combined, and we will remain in passionate pursuit of exposing this damaging and deadly practice every opportunity we get.

In places like Jackson, MS, a city and state that has one of the highest African American populations in the U.S.; you have Dr. Joseph Booker, an African American abortionist, regularly reducing the Black population through abortion, which could easily be called a human killing ring. However, there is largely no moral outrage about this, and there are very few articles written about it. Maybe the press feels that this devastating dilemma isn't sensational enough to sell newspapers or garner ratings. To say that the feelings of the approximately 1,200 Black babies who will die by abortion today aren't considered, is an understatement. Neither is the negative physical, emotional, or spiritual impact of their mothers, fathers or families considered.

To the many women and men reading this article and are still deeply impacted by the negative effects of your abortion decision, Protecting Black Life is here to help. You may contact us by email at info@ProtectingBlackLife.org or by telephone at 513.729.3600 anywhere in the U.S. All calls will be handled with care, and kept in the strictest of confidence.

Fortunately, Michael Vick has a second chance, and so do you. We can help you pick-up the pieces and get on with your second chance.

Helping the Hurting,

ARNOLD M. CULBREATH
Urban Outreach Director
Protecting Black Life
An outreach of Life Issues Institute, Inc.