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Ben Carson: It’s ‘racist’ that blacks have the highest abortion rate

By Nicholas Rowan
Published August 28, 2020 1:56am ET
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Ben Carson: It’s ‘racist’ that blacks have the highest abortion rate
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson addresses the media outside of The Village at Westerly Creek after touring the HUD funded property Monday, July 30, 2018, in Aurora, Colo. | (Philip B. Poston/The Aurora Sentinel via AP)

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said that it is “racist” that black people have the highest abortion rate in the country.

Speaking at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, Carson defended President Trump against accusations of personal racism and touted his opposition to abortion.

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