Twenty years after they first detonated across American political life, comments made by conservative commentator William J. Bennett on his nationally syndicated radio programme, in which he said aborting every Black baby in the United States would reduce crime, are back in circulation, prompted by his continued proximity to the Trump White House.
The original remarks were transcribed and published by Media Matters for America, which flagged the broadcast at the time. A caller had suggested that because abortion had reduced the number of future taxpayers since Roe v. Wade, Social Security was now underfunded.
