Martin Luther King "Pro-life" Quotes
Although the Reverend Martin Luther King died before abortion was legalized in this country in 1973, I believe that the following quotes can be applied to the pro-life movement.
"One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws, but conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws."
"A just law squares with the moral law of the law of God. An unjust law . . . is out of harmony with the moral law."
"Let justice roll down like the waters and righteousness like a mighty stream."
~ Martin Luther King
"One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws, but conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws."
"A just law squares with the moral law of the law of God. An unjust law . . . is out of harmony with the moral law."
"Let justice roll down like the waters and righteousness like a mighty stream."
~ Martin Luther King
As much good as MLK did, it wasn't for the pro-life movement. He was assasinated before roe v wade, but he was an ardent supporter of Planned Parenthood. He even won their Margaret Sanger Award in 1966 and had his wife give a speech entitled Family Planning – A Special and Urgent Concern which he wrote.
ReplyDeletePretty ironic him winning the Magaret Sanger award considering her racist eugenic agenda.
Though his niece Dr. Alveda King, works for Priest for Life.
I am aware of all of that, Jeff. I have done extensive research on MLK.
ReplyDeleteI also watched him on the news and heard all his speeches when I was in elementary school. And, I am old enough to remember when MLK died and when Roe V. Wade was passed in 1973.
However, I do believe,like many other pro-life leaders in the movement (Both Black and White) that if he were alive today he would be against abortion. This is what his niece, Alveda King believes along with Fr. Frank Pavone, and many other pro-life leaders today. He would certainly not want the Black race to become extinct, which is the inevitable future of the race in this country if abortion continues at the rate it is going today.
He was a just man who supported the down-trodden and if he were alive today I believe that he would be speaking up for the voiceless victims of abortions.
God bless you,
Jean
I also remember when he passed away but I will still pretty young. Of course we will never know if he would have distanced himself from Planned Parenthood, but unfortunately almost all of the black leaders who stood with MLK have not. Rosa Parks also was a member of Planned Parenthoods board. Jesse Jackson was also once pro-life. There is a set of moral blinders for many who talk about racial discrimination and miss the fact that PP puts the majority of it's clinics in poorer neighborhoods.
ReplyDeleteMany of the Black women wanted to have the same "equal right" that White middle class women did -- the right to control their bodies and their lives by using contraception and when that fails, the obvious choice then becomes abortion.
ReplyDeleteLittle did they realize that by exercising their "right" they would put their entire race at risk.
Extinction of the African-American race is a given unless they stop killing their own.
I think that many people were deceived by Margaret Sanger and Planned Parenthood and their empty promises.
Many of the women in my generation who wanted families and a career and who thought they could control their future and have a better, more fulfilled life by using birth control pills to control their fertility ended up being very disappointed and disillusioned. Most who are childless
today regret using birth control/getting abortions.
I think that MLK was a smart enough guy that he would have figured it out. I don't consider Jesse Jackson or Barack Obama to be very bright -- both appear to be rather dim-witted to me. Also, neither one of them seem to be of the moral fiber that MLK was. Perhaps I have an idealized image of him, but I would like to think that he would have acted differently.
Unfortunately, the poor are the victims of PP. Margaret Sanger would of course be thrilled about that now, wouldn't she? It fits in perfectly with her philosophy.
God bless you,
Jean
Dr. King did in fact receive the Margaret Sanger Award in 1966. But it is also a fact that in 1966, Planned Parenthood was still (at least publicly) anti-abortion. PP pamphlet they wrote and published in 1963 titled Is Birth Control Abortion?. The pamphlet read: “Is birth control abortion? Definitely not. An abortion kills the life of a baby after it has begun. It is dangerous to your life and health. It may make you sterile so that when you want a child you cannot have it. Birth control merely post-pones the beginning of life.” (Is Birth Control Abortion, Planned Parenthood pamphlet, Aug. 1963, p.1)
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