Confidential: despite opposition from anti-choice groups, the NAACP and the Black Women's Health Initiative supported contraceptive education and abortion rights for minority women

Jet, July 19, 2004 by Simeon Booker

Confidential: Despite opposition from anti-choice groups, the NAACP and the Black Women's Health Initiative supported contraceptive education and abortion rights for minority women. Praising the groups on the House floor, Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said these programs must be a priority for Black women.

The facts: Unintended pregnancy is almost three times higher among Blacks than Whites, maternal mortality about four times higher, while one out of four Black women had less involvement than they would like in decisions affecting health care ...