22-05-2019 19:33 via sltrib.com

Leonard Pitts: For some, black lives only matter until they are born

Last week, a man tried to convince me that he believes black lives matter.This is a kind of rhetorical judo some anti-abortion activists have adopted in debating pro-choice African Americans. They argue that black women have abortions at higher rates than others and that this amounts to a “genocide” or a “holocaust” — yes, they often use those words — that black people are morally bound to resist. Because black lives matter.As I told the guy who tried that arg
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