JUNE 24, 2025
CURE Releases Latest Report on Impact of Abortion on the Black Community
CURE Commemorates 3rd Anniversary of Dobbs with Latest Report
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE) commemorates the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which enables Congress and state legislatures to protect unborn children. As we bear witness to the sacredness of human life, CURE is releasing our latest report on “The Impact of Abortion on the Black Community.”
CURE President Donald T. Eason, a co-author of the report, celebrates this Dobbs anniversary with a call for action. “After nearly five decades of courts imposing abortion on America and blocking numerous efforts to protect the sanctity of human life, policymakers at all levels of government now have the opportunity and obligation to do everything in their power to protect human life, inside and outside the womb,” Eason says.
“The Impact of Abortion on the Black Community” points out that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has called for “a complete review” of new data to accurately reflect the adverse effects of the abortion drug mifepristone. The report notes provisions in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that block Medicaid funding to large abortion providers and prevent federal payments for health insurance plans that cover elective abortions.
Sadly, black women obtain abortions at a disproportionately high rate. According to the United States Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Abortion Surveillance Report, black women made up 14 percent of the childbearing population in 2022 yet obtained 39.5 percent of reported abortions. It is no accident that abortion is so prevalent within the black community. Margaret Sanger, a founder of the American birth control movement and the organization that is now known as the Planned Parenthood Federation of
America (PPFA), was a leader in promoting control of the birth rate among blacks and others she considered undesirable.
In an opinion article published in The New York Times on April 17, 2021, PPFA Director Alexis McGill Johnson acknowledged Planned Parenthood’s racist roots and eugenic mission. She said Sanger had cultivated connections with the Ku Klux Klan and endorsed a Supreme Court decision that “allowed states to sterilize people deemed ‘unfit’ without their consent and sometimes without their knowledge – a ruling that led to the sterilization of tens of
thousands of people in the 20th century.”
“The Impact of Abortion on the Black Community” provides further details about why abortion has become so prevalent in the black community, but it also suggests a path forward. The "One Big Beautiful Bill" has some important provisions that honor the sanctity of human life. We hope Congress will strive to protect those measures and support further pro-life initiatives during the upcoming appropriations process.
CURE is a policy and research center dedicated to fighting poverty and restoring dignity through messages of faith, freedom and personal responsibility. For more information, please visit CUREpolicy.org.
March 17, 2025
Ushering in Bold Future for Black Americans, New CURE President Hosts Pastors in Washington
Counters Divisive Messages with Freedom, Faith & Economic Empowerment
Washington, D.C. – As Black Lives Matter Plaza was being dismantled in Washington, D.C. last week, the new President of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), Michigan Pastor Donald T. Eason hosted black pastors from around the country to strategize on how to implement a bold new vision for fighting poverty and restoring dignity to America's most vulnerable communities with a mission to advance faith, freedom, personal responsibility, education and economic empowerment.
Taking the mantle from CURE’s founder Star Parker, Eason, a seasoned executive, public policy strategist and faith-based leader, brings more than 25 years of experience in business, policy advocacy, and ministry to the role. His appointment comes at a pivotal moment as America is at a crossroads and CURE continues to expand its influence and impact on urban policy, economic development, and cultural renewal particularly through its clergy leadership.
“I am honored to step into this role at such a crucial time for CURE and our nation,” said Eason. “CURE has been a beacon of light, bringing conservative, faith-based solutions to the challenges facing urban communities and turning back the policies and programs that have left our communities impoverished both spiritually and economically. I look forward to building upon the incredible legacy of Star Parker and advancing policies that uphold free markets, strong families, and biblical values.”
Under Eason’s leadership, CURE will counter the drive by cultural elites to divide the nation by race and culture by deepening its impact in three critical areas:
Policy & Advocacy – Work with the Trump Administration and Members of Congress to expand research and policy solutions that challenge big government dependency and promote economic self-sufficiency.
Faith-Based Leadership Development – Growing CURE’s National Clergy Network, equipping pastors with biblical, economic, and cultural training to impact local communities.
Media & Public Engagement – Strengthening CURE America, Black Community News, and other national platforms to amplify faith-driven policy solutions.
“Donald’s unique background in public policy, economic development, and faith leadership makes him the ideal choice to lead CURE into the future,” said Star Parker, who will take on a new advisory role with CURE, “His passion for free-market solutions and biblical principles and his heart as a pastor will ensure CURE continues to be a national force for cultural and policy transformation.”
The pastors who attended the event last week are members of CURE’s National Advisory Board within its’ Clergy Association, a network of influential evangelical Christian conservative leaders representing urban congregations. The network includes more than 800 pastors committed to supporting at-risk individuals and advocating for legislative and public policy changes that positively impact their communities. CURE deeply values their leadership and partnership in shaping faith-based solutions, with a focus on Christianity, capitalism, and the U.S. Constitution, and the success of these principles in advancing business and education.
“It was a powerful, informative, open discussion, for me,” said Pastor Arthur McGuire from Centerville, Ohio. “We concluded that biblical solutions are indeed the answers we need to turn our cultural battles into victories. God has given us the necessary resources to evangelize the lost of this present generation and guide them into His truth. Establishing our biblical worldview, accompanied with structures from the Scriptures, is how we win back our families, freedom, and education,”
For more information, or to schedule an interview with Pastor Eason, please contact Grace Glass at grace@curepolicy.org.
October 4, 2024
Michigan Clergy of Color Stand with Israel; Host Media Event Monday, October 7
Counters Divisive Messages with Freedom, Faith & Economic Empowerment
Detroit, MI – Today, the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), Michigan Lighthouse Ministries, African American clergy, and pastors from numerous denominations across the state of Michigan announced that on Monday, October 7, 2024, the one-year anniversary of the horrific attack on the Jewish people, they will hold a press conference to show unified and unwavering support for the people of Israel and the right of the Jewish community to defend itself against terrorism and all who deny Israel’s right to exist.
The press conference will kick-off a daylong policy summit with more than 50 pastors from across the state of Michigan and the launch of a grassroots campaign to get pastors and their congregations motivated and activated to support Israel and to lift-up national and local leaders to do the same.
Press Conference Details:
Who: Michigan Pastors
What: “Evangelicals Stand with Israel” Press Conference
When: Monday, October 7, 2024 10:00 am EDT
Where: Bloomfield Hills Baptist Church 3600 Telegraph Road Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
“Michigan is ground zero for antisemitic rhetoric and a racist attitude toward the Jewish people,” said Star Parker, President of CURE. “As faith leaders we cannot allow this growing hatred and the Palestinian victimization narrative to stand. We must show our continued prayer and support for the Jewish people and help America’s greatest and most strategic ally in the Middle East defeat terrorism once and for all; thus, CURE is standing with these Michigan pastors.”
“Monday marks a day of grief and mourning as we remember the atrocities of the attacks,” said co-host of this event, Pastor Donald T. Eason, continuing “But it is also a moment for us to show resolve and to launch our efforts to awaken the Church in Michigan with our
‘Evangelicals Stand with Israel’ campaign, get-out-the-vote rallies and activities before Election Day on November 5.”
“Martin Luther King Jr. once stated, ‘Peace for Israel means security, and we must stand with all our might to protect its right to exist’ ” said Pastor Ralph Rebandt, President of Michigan Lighthouse Ministries and host of this event. “Islamic terrorists have declared that they want to remove the nation of Israel from the face of the earth. The atrocious attack of October 7th indicates the depth of hatred and brutality they are willing to commit to accomplish their evil mission. We cannot allow this to happen.”
For more information or to confirm attendance to the press conference, please contact Pastor Rebandt at 248-921-3411.
