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Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A top black pro-life advocate says there is nothing racist about opposing the health care plans pending in Congress because they force taxpayers to finance abortions. Dr. Alveda King is responding to critics who say such opposition is racist and point to the outburst from Rep. Joe Wilson. During President Barack Obama's health care speech two weeks ago, Wilson shouted "You lie," as Obama ticked off a list of complaints about the bills he thought were false. The Wilson comment has prompted some political observers to suggest that opposition to the three main bills -- HR...

Contact: Margaret, Priests for Life,  888-735-3448, ext. 251ATLANTA, July 10 /Christian Newswire/ -- Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., commented today on a new Guttmacher Institute study that shows that in states where Medicaid pays for abortions, more poor women have abortions."The Guttmacher report is really just another study that confirms the obvious -- subsidized abortion means more abortions," said Dr. King.  "My medical insurance paid for my 'legal abortion' in 1973.  My 'free' abortion, in turn, made it all too easy for me to be an unsuspecting victim of population control." "The President says...

Contact: Margaret, Priests for Life,  888-735-3448, ext. 251ATLANTA, June 24 /Christian Newswire/ -- Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., responded today to the news that White House tapes of President Nixon reveal him saying that he thought abortion was 'necessary' when one parent was white and one was black. "Since its inception, the abortion movement has been eliminating people that it considers undesirable -- people of color or those with low income," said Dr. King.  "President Nixon's comment is just one more reminder that abortion and racism are inextricably linked." The Nixon tapes coincide with the...

Contact: Margaret, Priests for Life, 888-735-3448, ext. 251ATLANT, June 9 /Christian Newswire/ -- Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., today reacted to remarks by late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart that compared the killing of George Tiller to the assassination of her uncle."For LeRoy Carhart to mention the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who worked through peaceful and non-violent means, in the same breath with that of George Tiller, whose work ended peace and brought violence to babies in the womb, is offensive beyond belief," said Dr. King.  "The analogy is just wrong.""Dr....

Many surprised by event billed as diversity presentationAlveda King speaks about abortion Tuesday in Warriner Some students at Alveda King's speech Tuesday night did not expect a strictly literal interpretation of the advertised "life affirming choices" speech. The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King spoke out strongly against abortion at her "Can the Dream Survive?" presentation in Warriner Hall's Plachta Auditorium. Some students were surprised to learn that was the topic of her lecture. Several of the about 650-person audience walked out. "I felt a little misled personally," said Flint senior Detrone Turner, who said he thought the speech was...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will lead a prayer vigil and memorial outside the White House this morning to remember unborn children killed in abortions. Civil rights activist Alveda King will place 1400 flowers in front of the White House to honor the number of black babies who die from abortions.The event is part of the outreach directed this week to newly-minted President Barack Obama in an effort to get him to reverse his pro-abortion position.King will deliver the keynote address at the ceremony and she told LifeNews.com earlier this week how...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. says Barack Obama doesn't fulfill her uncle's dream despite his election last week as president. Dr. Alveda King says Obama's pro-abortion position makes it so the civil rights struggle is not complete because unborn children are killed in abortion.Alveda King told LifeNews.com on Tuesday that the civil rights struggle for unborn children continues and noted that abortion adversely affects the black community."The election of an African American president sends a powerful and historic message that what was previously unthinkable can become reality," King said."The battle for equal rights...

Contact: Jerry Horn, Priests for Life, 540-220-0095 ATLANTA, Oct. 9 /Christian Newswire/ -- Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. today said that people cannot lose sight of moral priorities in the face of economic stress. "No doubt, these are troubled times," said Dr. King, "but it's in troubled times that we especially need to remember what's important. What the current economic meltdown should teach us is that our hope is not in the things of this earth, but in God." "If financial pressures cause us to stop loving our...

Denver, CO (LifeNews.com) -- The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has a message for pro-abortion presidential candidate Barack Obama before he gives his acceptance speech tonight. Dr. Alveda King tells LifeNews.com that her uncle would have strongly opposed the destruction of human life under the kind of unlimited abortions Obama supports. Obama's speech has been hailed by the media because he is the first African-American nominee of a major political party and because it comes on the 45th anniversary of King's "I Have a Dream" speech.Alveda King called her uncle "a man of great compassion, and a man...

Cincinnati, OH (LifeNews.com) -- Yesterday, African-Americans kicked off the 99th annual conference for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Though Barack Obama was on-hand as the first black presidential candidate, black pro-life advocates there said he doesn't represent them. Several pastors and dozens of black pro-life people, including NAACP members, said the organization shouldn't turn a blind eye to how abortion disproportionately hurts black women. The protestors included Dr. Alveda King, a niece of the Rev. Martin Luther King who told the Wall Street Journal she knows what abortion does to women -- having had two abortions...

Contact: Jerry Horn, Priests for Life, 540-220-0095WASHINGTON, June 27 /Christian Newswire/ -- Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., joined African American leaders on Capitol Hill to ask Congress to stop funding Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion business."The curtain over Planned Parenthood’s racism has been pulled away," said Dr. King. "It's on record as being willing to accept donations to abort only black babies.  Congress wouldn't give the public's money to the Klan, it shouldn't give it to Planned Parenthood."The group, which included several African American religious leaders, met with pro-life Congressional...

OTTAWA, May 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Thousands of students and adults are gearing up for the much anticipated March for Life 2008, set to rock the national capital next Thursday, May 8.  Meanwhile, March for Life activities have already begun around the nation.  In Regina Saskatchewan the pro-life March is underway today and the March in Edmonton and Winnipeg are set for Sunday. African-Americans have brought a new vitality to the pro-life movement in the United States as they have seen the fight for the right to life as the greatest human rights struggle of the 21st century.  Alveda...

Contact: Jerry Horn, Priests for Life, 540-220-0095 ATLANTA, April 28 /Christian Newswire/ -- Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., today said that a new study released by Students for Life of America reinforces the call of black leaders to eliminate federal subsidies to Planned Parenthood. "It's time to let freedom ring for the babies," said Dr. King. "The Students for Life report on Planned Parenthood's targeting of African Americans for abortion spells out why taxpayers should not be forced to contribute to that organization. The government should not be...

ATLANTA, April 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., today said that racism and abortion are linked. Dr. King has, for the past two weeks been involved in commemorative events of the 40th anniversary of the death of her uncle Martin Luther King Jr. the famed leader of the civil rights movement. "Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error," stated Dr. King. "The error is thinking that when someone stands in the way of our wants, we can justify getting that person...

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...

Contact:  Jerry Horn, Priests for Life, 540-220-0095STATEN ISLAND, NY, Jan. 28 /Christian Newswire/ -- Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and full-time Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life, has been named one of the Top Ten People of 2007 by Inside the Vatican magazine. In naming Dr. King, the magazine called her "one of the leading pro-life voices in America and the world today." "I am humbled and honored by this recognition, but I give all glory to God who allows me to speak on behalf of His children who cannot speak for themselves," Dr. King...

Contact:  Jerry Horn, Priests for Life, 540-220-0095 ATLANTA, Jan. 14 /Christian Newswire/ -- Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life, will speak today in support of Georgia's Human Life Amendment at the "Let Them Live Rally" to be held at the State Capitol. She issued the following statement in advance of the rally. My uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said that "life's most urgent question is, what are you doing for others?" I implore our Georgia legislature to do what is right for others. For too long in our state's history, our officials looked the other way...

San Francisco, CA (LifeNews.com) -- The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will lead an estimated 20,000 people along San Francisco’s waterfront in the fourth annual West Coast Walk for Life. The event is a western equivalent to the national March for Life in Washington and it gives participants a chance to show how abortion hurts women.King's father was slain civil rights activist A.D. King, and their home in Birmingham, Alabama, was bombed during the civil rights struggles.This year's event takes place on Saturday, January 19 and Clenard Childress, another African-American pro-life leader and Gianna Jessen, who survived...

Des Moines, IA (LifeNews.com) -- Roosevelt High School officials are beginning to respond to criticism of its decision to cancel a speech there by a leading pro-life advocate. The Des Moines public school canceled a scheduled talk with pro-life advocate Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The former principal invited Dr. King to address students there but the new principal, Kathie Danielson, canceled the event.On Wednesday, Danielson said she scrapped the talk because the parents of some of the students complained about her pro-life views.Danielson said she thought the talk would be a good one for...

Des Moines, IA (LifeNews.com) -- A public high school in Iowa is drawing criticism from the pro-life community after it canceled a scheduled talk with pro-life advocate Alveda King. The former Georgia legislator and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been invited by officials at Roosevelt High School to speak. The former principal invited Dr. King to address students there but the new principal, Kathie Danielson, canceled the event.LifeNews.com called the school and left a message as well as an email for Danielson but they were not returned by press time.Kim Lehman, the director of Iowa Right...

LASALLE - Dr. Alveda C. King, niece of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said it's not a civil right to kill people, especially unborn infants in their mothers' wombs. "It's not a civil right to kill a person, even the unborn," she said Friday night at the annual "Focus on Life" dinner benefit for Monroe County Right to Life. She spoke along with Dr. Levon Yuille, national director of the National Black Pro-Life Congress. "Being pro-life is a civil right," she said. An author of six books and mother of six children, Dr. King told her...

ATLANTA, August 15 /Christian Newswire/ -- Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and the niece of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., today reacted to the release of new Department of Justice crime statistics showing African Americans to be the victims of nearly half of the murders committed in 2005. "That 49 percent of all Americans murdered are black is shocking," said Dr. King. "That 93 percent of those people are victims of black on black crime is not really surprising. The abortion industry has told African Americans for decades that killing our own children is beneficial, even...

Contact: Jerry Horn, Priests for Life, 540-220-0095 ATLANTA, Ga., July 20 /Christian Newswire/ -- Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., today said that the allegations of animal cruelty announced in the case against star quarterback Michael Vick highlight the disparity in societal protections for animals and unborn humans. "The appalling cruelty to dogs described in the complaint against Michael Vick immediately reminds me of another kind of cruelty that is not only not punished, but is protected by our authorities," said Dr. King. "I'm talking about the incredible cruelty...

Contact: Jerry Horn, Priests for Life, 540-220-0095ATLANTA, Ga., June 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., today questioned why leading Democratic Presidential candidates did not mention abortion last night in a debate geared toward issues facing African Americans."John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama talked about the disproportionate number of blacks who die from AIDS, yet no one said a word about another disproportionately high killer of African Americans, abortion," said Dr. King.  "Blacks comprise 12 percent of the population, yet at least one...

"Vote as if your life depends upon it. Someone's life does! Be encouraged that you are not alone in your desire to see an end to the senseless violence against the most helpless of our brothers and sisters. Our Lord Jesus Christ taught us to care for the least of these. We can demonstrate our compassion by voting for pro-life candidates in the upcoming elections. "My uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said: 'Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of...

STATEN ISLAND, February 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - This week, Priests for Life (PFL), the movement of pro-life priests, commended to the Lord the soul of Coretta Scott King, with prayers for the comfort of her family, and with fond recollections of the ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In a statement PFL President Fr. Frank Pavone said "Dr. King made it clear that he was not simply fighting for the Black man. He was fighting for the equality of every human life. We are honored to continue Dr. King's legacy in our day by fighting for the equality of...

Restore the Dream VirtueMedia's newest film commercial, starring Dr. Alveda King, outspoken pro-life advocate and niece of the legendary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The commercial   reveals the Black Genocide of abortion, that is plaguing African American Communities in America.

Post Abortion Healing VirtueMedia's newest film commercials, produced in partnership with the Silent No More Awareness campaign. Version will be available in :60 second and :30 second formats for television, and as a :60 radio ad.

Available October 15, 2004, VirtueMedia's newest film commercial, starring Dr. Alveda King, outspoken pro-life advocate and neice of the legendary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The commercial will reveal the Black Genocide of abortion that is plaguing African American Communities in America.