Voting rights and abortion. Abortion and voting rights. It is an article of faith that these issues disproportionately affect black women. It is stated as fact without the benefit of supporting evidence, but that is a moot point if black women believe the propaganda.

Advocates argue that the monolithically-Democratic voting bloc must turn out in November, if a GOP takeover of Congress is to be avoided. By not focusing on abortion and voting rights, the argument goes, Democrats take the black woman vote for granted.

What these advocates want is greater attention to be given to state laws that limit abortion and other laws that impede voting, because these laws are of high importance to black women.

Why are these laws more important to black women than other voting blocs? Presumably because they need more abortions than non-blacks and can’t navigate voting laws as well as non-blacks. How insulting is that?