Considering that Barack Obama has many flaws, and plenty of questionable associations, there are many excellent arguments which can be advanced against his candidacy. However, I don't think the argument that he advocates genocide against black people is one of them.

Jeffrey Kuhner of the Washington Times, however, thinks Obama's support for abortion is a betrayal of black people, as well as a form of "genocide":

Mr. Obama may not be willing to betray his feminist base, but he is willing to betray African-Americans - his most loyal and devoted supporters. Abortion disproportionately impacts blacks compared to white women. Although blacks constitute roughly 13 percent of the U.S. population, 37 percent of all abortions are performed on black women, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit group that specializes in sexual health. Since Roe v. Wade, more than 10 million black pregnancies have been aborted (some watchdog groups put the figure closer to 13 million). America's current black population stands at 36 million. Abortion has claimed the lives of about one-third of the black community. This is genocide. For Mr. Obama to not speak out about this national scandal is a disgrace - both to him and his party. It reveals, like nothing else, that he lacks the moral clarity and courage to lead this country.

As to the argument that black mothers "murdering" their babies in numbers disproportionate to the number of murderous white mothers, wouldn't it be necessary to examine the relative pregancy rates to be sure about how disproportionate that number is?

I'm not quite sure who is supposed to persuaded by this "genocide" argument, or of what. Considering the many good arguments which can be invoked against Barack Obama, what's the goal? I mean, it's not as if the anti-abortion people were planning to vote for Obama, and I don't think it will make a dent in Obama's strength among black voters.

I think this may be another example of what I called "the PETA Principle" at work.