Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., reflects on the dream of her late uncle (via Priests for Life):

“Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of a Beloved Community where all are treated with respect and dignity…He fought against society’s exclusion of people who were treated as less than human because of their appearance. Today, we are compelled to continue Uncle Martin’s fight by standing up for those who are treated as less than human because of their helplessness and inconvenience.

“The unborn are as much a part of the Beloved Community as are newborns, infants, teenagers, adults, and the elderly. Too many of us speak of tolerance and inclusion, yet refuse to tolerate or include the weakest and most innocent among us in the human family. As we celebrate the life of Uncle Martin, let us renew our hearts and commit our lives to treating each other, whatever our race, status, or stage of life, as we would want to be treated. Let us let each other live.”

In America abortion is truly an equal opportunity destroyer, but African American’s have been particularly targeted over the last 37 years. Despite constituting only about 13% of the female population (age 15-44) in the United States, black women make up about 36% of the abortions. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, black women are more than 5 times as likely as white women to have an abortion.

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The battle that our ancestors fought for freedom the the rights of all human beings is far from over and, by and large, the threats to the dignity of the human person are only getting worse.