Martin Luther King Jr.'s Niece Says Abortion is the New Civil Rights Cause
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....
Dr. Mark Allison | 1/20/2013
