Forced Birth

"Abolitionists had dramatized the injustice of enslaved {Black} women forced to bear the children of White Southerners." --Peter H. Wood in NEAR ANDERSONVILLE.

There must be many customs and belief systems that contribute to the creation of an anti-abortionist. Among them are patriarchy and antique religions. There was also an economic reality that helped make forced-birth American. A white man who impregnated an enslaved woman and forced her to bear the child would end up with an extra slave he could sell for big money. 

Geneticists say today that the average American Black person is around 20% White. 

Forced birth is as American as fatback and grits. It's customary.