When he decided to run for President, he changed his position, but, in 1977, Jesse Jackson said that abortion was basically 'genocide against the black race.' He added, 'AS A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE, I MUST OPPOSE THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR A POLICY OF KILLING INFANTS.'
It is true that abortion takes the lives of a huge number of black people, with some saying that it takes more black lives than heart disease, cancer, accidents, AIDS, and violent crime combined. Nationwide, 512 out of every 1,000 black pregnancies end in an abortion. Jackson's comment is interesting in light of the numbers. 37% of abortions are abortions of black human beings despite the fact that the black population makes up far less than 37% of the population.