Orphalin Annie

I was recently at home and as usual, was struck once again by the religious billboards which abound on the side of every highway in St. Louis.  My new favorite, the one where abortion will not only kill your baby but give you cancer.  I cannot explain the ire which arises in me when I see this.  I miss home but find it difficult to think about going from one place of religious intolerance (oh hail the baptist realm of bigotry, racism, and homophobia) to another.  

thenelsontwins:

St. Louis isn’t racist.  Unless you aren’t white. —Props on the three birds with one stone technique.  Abortion, woman hating, and racism. 

zeteticat:

On March 21, 2011 Missouri Right to Life posted an announcement on their Facebook page stating that they were raising money in support of a billboard campaign in Missouri.  The billboard reads: “The Most Dangerous Place for an African American is in the Womb”). This billboard campaign is both racist and sexist because it accuses Black women of being a danger to our community and violent threats to our children.  This is part of a national campaign attacking black women through the claim that abortion is black genocide. This anti-choice campaign began in Georgia.  These billboards have appeared in Atlanta, Memphis, Mississippi, New York City, Wisconsin and Chicago.

In early April, the St. Louis billboard was placed at the corner of Cass and North Jefferson. On April 13, 2011 the St. Louis African American Aldermanic Caucus sent a letter to the owner of the billboard condemning this campaign and demanding that the billboard be taken down.

Send a message to Missouri Right to Life right now - “Stop Targeting Black Women — Take Down the Racist Billboard in St. Louis city.”