Posted on 12/11/2008 6:53:33 PM PST by nickcarraway
Dr. Alveda King believes that most Americans, including African Americans and those who live in neighborhoods like Mount Airy, West Oak Lane and Cheltenham, are pro-life. She also believes those who aren't should be. Furthermore, she believes that with the proper education about not only abortion, but also the dangers of birth control, most would return to traditional sexual values.
It is clear that when the daughter of the late civil rights leader Rev. A. D. King and the niece of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks on life issues, many listen. This was certainly the case when she had 1,400 giving her a standing ovation at the Pro-Life Union of South Eastern Pennsylvania 2008 "Stand Up for Life" dinner Sunday.
Among those in the crowd were many who call Northwest Philadelphia and Lower Montgomery County home. In fact, the Pro-Life Union is headquartered in nearby Oreland.
In her keynote address, King was straightforward in her assertions. First, she pointed to the fact that some 70 percent of African American voters in California voted for Proposition 8 proves that the black community still holds conservative family values. This, she said, is true even though African Americans account for 30 percent of the nation's abortions.
Advertisement "The African American voters were saying that they are really pro-marriage," said King during a news conference that proceeded Sunday's dinner. "African Americans tend to be conservative. We tend to feel that life begins at conception."
Secondly, King said that, like most Americans, African Americans who are pro-choice need to be educated about the origins of Planned Parenthood. She stressed that the group was formed by bigots who wanted to curtail a possible population explosion in the communities of color. They encouraged the legalization of abortion in order to make the procedure more readily available to the non-white population, according to King.
Yet, this plan actually backfired on some levels, King said. On the one hand, African Americans are having about a third of all abortions despite the fact that they are less than a third of the American population. That means that white Americans are actually having many more abortions. Ultimately the native-born American population has gone down as a result of the high incidence of abortions.
"This has actually been a Black genocide," said King, who pointed out that she comes from a pro-life family. "This means that very soon when many Americans retire, we won't have enough workers in this country. There's all this discussion about keeping the immigrants from coming across our borders now, but soon we will need those immigrants to replace the American worker force. This is a serious problem."
King then traced the negative ramifications of legalized abortions since 1973. She said that women who have abortions are more likely to develop other health concerns during their lifetimes. These include an increase in heart attacks, strokes, and other diseases. She said that the increase in sexual activity as a result of abortion and other forms of birth controls have resulted in more men and women with STDs and the HIV virus, particularly in the African American community.
So, King is recommending a radical solution to this dilemma. She is advising that the Americans return to its strong Christian foundation. This includes advocating chastity for young people before marriage and emphasizing courtship rather than dating. She said that at one time this was the norm in the Caucasian and African American communities. She is further advocating natural family planning rather than the use of hormone based birth control methods. "Many women are having abortions because birth control does not work on us (African Americans)," said King. "Most of the abortions are performed on women who were using birth control. Many times the hormonal dosage is wrong or too low, and the women get pregnant though they don't want to. Then they are faced with the issue of abortion. It's by (design) because abortion is big business."
King shared her personal stories of having had two abortions. Her first was done on her without her consent. Her pro-choice Planned Parenthood physician made the decision for her without consulting her. She was unaware that she was pregnant since she was using birth control. Her doctor lied and said she was having a D&C, when in actuality he performed an abortion.
After falling away from the church, King said that she began dating and had a voluntary abortion. She came face to face with the convictions she grew up with in her family and church, when she got pregnant again. It was her boyfriend, a medical student at the time, who reminded her that 23 of the chromosomes in the child she was carrying were his and insisted she not have an abortion. That was King's wake-up call, she said.
"If you look at my legs you can see the scars," said King. "This is a result of using birth control. Not only do many women get pregnant, but you develop other problems from birth control. That's why women have so much breast cancer. The doctors don't tell you that IUDs can cause endometriosis or that other forms of birth control can cause cervical cancer, breast cancer, and all kinds of diseases."
King said that she knows that some of the things she has to say may be challenged. Yet she is up for the challenges. She has already had to stand up to many fellow pro-lifers, who felt that her "change of heart" support of Obama in the recent presidential race was hypocritical. For King there was no incongruence. She felt that she was voting on more than one issue. Though the Pro-Life Union audience at the recent event was largely Catholic, King reminded them that "54 percent of Catholics" voted for Obama. She even feels that ultimately even a Democratic administration will make ultimately take a pro-life stance, if voters exert enough pressure.
"It's time to roll up our sleeves," King told the Pro-Life Union crowd during her keynote address. "I tell people I am not going to the inauguration. I don't have time to party when there's much work to be done saving babies. I recommend those who (voted for McCain) not feel bitterness. I like the phrase from the womb to the tomb. It's time to move forward on our pro-life agenda, even with the new administration."
Dr Alveda King is another strong advocate for truth (as is Pastor Manning). I wish more people would listen to her and that she’d get more MSM coverage.
I’d like to see the National Black Republican Association get more MSM coverage, too.
As a Georgian, an American, and a pro-life conservative, it makes me sick the way the King family attempts to shove her to the back of the shelf.
I agree, it’s disgusting and disheartening and I find it hard to believe that Dr Martin King would approve. Lucky for us all, she has his courage and conviction and keeps on speaking out. We’re blessed to have her.
She makes a great point, she is absolutely right! I applaud her leadership. Thanks for posting, if the MSM isn't rushing to news with stories about her, we can make sure they get out.
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