No Conspiracy Theories Needed: Antiabortion Foes Cry Racism
In order to attract a different demographic of supporters the antiabortion movement has adopted the theory that reproductive freedom is actually a plot to rid America of its black and brown citizens.
On February 19, Rev. Walter Hoye, executive elder of the Progressive Missionary Baptist Church of Berkeley, California, was sentenced to 30 days in jail for violating an Oakland law mandating a buffer between protesters and clinic patients. Hoye, who targets women entering abortion clinics to “draw attention to the devastating impact abortion has had on the African-American community,” was given the option of serving his 30 days through community service and a $1,100 fine—a sentence Hoye himself chose in favor of probation. As the Family Research Council admits, not even the county DA was seeking jail time for the Reverend.
