Religion & Law

The question many have been discussing -- i.e., to what other wrong ought we to compare abortion? -- is an interesting and difficult one.  Putting aside, for now, the question whether abortion is "like" slavery, it does seem clear (to me) that our current abortion regime operates in a way (as, I suspect, Margaret Sanger et al. hoped it would) that reflects, and contributes to, racial inequality and injustice.  Over at the "Moral Accountability" blog, Micah Watson has this essay, which contains some deeply disturbing information.  "The latest data," he writes, "portray a stunning picture of gross racial inequality when it comes to the lives taken through abortions."  Read the whole thing.