15,500,000 black lives that don't matter

As the presidential election nears, both candidates are claiming they will benefit the black population. Why not look at some hard numbers on what has caused deaths in the black community over the past 40-plus years? AIDS, approximately 245,000; violent crime, approximately 354,000; accidents, approximately 448,000; cancer, approximately 2,568,000; heart disease, approximately 2,715,000. These are numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control of black deaths since 1973. The last figure overpowers the previous list, even when combined.

Approximately 15,500,000 black human beings were destroyed by abortion over this same time frame. Current abortion rates in the black population occur at about three times the percentage of blacks in the population. About 80 percent of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods, both black and Hispanic.

"I have been proud to stand with Planned Parenthood for a long time and, as president, I will always have your back," Hillary Clinton (said).

So, maybe the best way for Hillary to state her benefit to blacks is to tell them what she will do for the ones that actually make it through the Democratic Party's abortion gauntlet.

DAN RICHARDSON Stevensville