Students for Life of America partnered with two other pro-life groups Saturday to paint “Black Preborn Lives Matter” on a street outside a Baltimore Planned Parenthood clinic, saying the abortion provider targets minority-dense neighborhoods and that the unborn need a voice.
Police did not issue citations for the artwork, which was done with temporary paint that washes away during rain.
The pro-life activists used yellow paint to write the message on the 300 block of North Howard.
“[The message] will remain here unless the city wants to come take it out, and that would be outside the police department,” Baltimore Police Sgt. Vincenzo Julio told the Baltimore Sun.
Police also noted that the city has allowed other public artwork on streets in recent months.
Students for Life of America, The Frederick Douglass Foundation and the Human Coalition Action joined together to paint the letters.
Students for Life said African American women make up 13 percent of the female population but 38 percent of all reported abortions. Four out of five Planned Parenthood clinics “are within walking distance of minority-dense neighborhoods,” Students for Life said, quoting a Thomas More Society Supreme Court brief.
Students for Life had sent a letter to Baltimore Mayor Bernard Young, asking for permission to paint the letters. The group said it never received a…
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