Dr. Alveda King: Defund Planned Parenthood

Christian Newswire ^ | 4/28/08 | Priests for Life

[Mrs. Don-o]

I have never heard Alveda King speak out for "entitlements" that reduce people --- black or white --- to a degrading state of dependency. As far as I know, she is, herself, a conservative Christian and an advocate of responsibility, not multiplying government hand-outs.

What do you mean by "what happened to pro-choice"? In King's case, she had several abortions (so much for "choice") and then experienced a personal converion and came to deeply regret killing her babies. That's why she became a preacher (she is an ordained Protestant minister) and preaches against abortion. God bless her.

[Mrs. Don-o]

"would she have spoken up if abortion didn’t have a “racial dimension?”

I think the answer is "Yes, she would have."

See mine at #20 and #21.

[Mrs. Don-o]

The large majority of abortions performed in the years immediately preceding legalization (Roe vs Wade) were performed by doctors in medical settings. Not "in a back alley in the middle of the night."

For that reason, even the (pro-abortion) Guttmacher Institue admits that "In the United States, abortion-related maternal deaths declined sharply following the introduction of antibiotics in the 1940s." That'd be 30 years before the general legalization of abortion.

For some eye-opening information on this aspect, read The Myth of Mass Back-Alley Abortion Deaths.

[wagglebee]

ALL surgery-related deaths started dropping in the 30s and 40s due to antibiotics. EVERYONE knows this, but it’s more effective to talk about “back alley” abortion deaths regardless of the truth (there is a segment of the movie “Dirty Dancing” which promotes this myth).