Posted on 04/04/2008 5:38:13 PM PDT by wagglebee
Memphis, TN (LifeNews.com) -- As Americans honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the fortieth anniversary of his assassination, his niece says abortion has become the civil rights cause of today. Dr. Alveda King , who has suffered from multiple abortions, says the destruction of human life is on par with the lack of civil rights of her uncle's generation.
In a speech at a church in downtown Memphis, King noted how her uncle was killed on this day in 1968.
But a short five years later the Supreme Court opened the floodgates to unlimited abortions in the Roe v. Wade decision -- one that King says has decimated the nation and the black community in particular.
"There are people dying in this country, everyday," she said, focusing on a the plight of a different set of powerless people. "They are unborn children."
"The fight against abortion is a new frontier in the civil rights movement," she said, according to an article in the Mississippi Daily Journal.
"My uncle often said that we don't follow through," King added. "He said that we admonish black women not to abort their babies but we don't show them how to care for them, don't give them options for life."
King bemoaned the number of black leaders today who embrace abortion.
The newspaper said King told the audience that African-American political leaders sold out their pro-life views for support from abortion advocates and other political groups for promoting civil rights.
"We didn't understand how dramatically abortion was affecting our community," she said. "The tradeoff between concentrating too much on other social issues and ignoring abortion has been a deadly tradeoff."
Ultimately, the newspaper said King wants African-Americans to have a new dream about how life can be for America.
"If we're not speaking for the voiceless, not being strong for those who are weak, we're not living Martin's dream," she said.
Very true.
Since 1973 nearly 20 MILLION Blacks have been murdered in abortuaries. Abortion claims more Black victims EVERY THREE DAYS than all of the lynchings in history.
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I wonder what Barack “I Never Met a Partial-Birth Abortion I Didn’t Like” Obama will have to say about this.
Never mind. I think I know.
Good for her!
Barack Hussein Obama would say: "If my daughters make a mistake.......I wouldn't want them PUNISHED with a baby".
Is NOT mentioned.
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The idea that an unborn human only has worth if its mother says it does is deranged. Each life has intrinsic value.
“Since 1973 nearly 20 MILLION Blacks have been murdered in abortuaries. Abortion claims more Black victims EVERY THREE DAYS than all of the lynchings in history.”
Amazing and disgusting numbers. Very sad.....
Go back and read what she has been doing for the past few decades. She has more than repented for what she has done, she has sought the Lord’s forgiveness and she has dedicated her life to showing other women why they need not repeat her mistakes.
You might recall the story of a man named Saul of Tarsus kept watch while Saint Stephen was stoned, he then went on to become a central figure in Christianity.
I was criticizing the writer for making Dr. King out to be the "victim" of the abortions without mentioning the true victims.
WTH?
Dr. Alveda King has been very honest about the fact that she has had abortions. She has also spent a long time repenting for this and trying to keep other women from committing the same sin.
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I'm a little confused by this sentence. Am I to understand that she has had multiple abortions but is pro-life?
Yes, that would be correct.
Saul of Tarsus also persecuted Christians and sought their deaths.
John Henry Newton owned slave ships.
People repent and God changes them, and He often uses their greatest sins to do the most good for others.
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