March 09, 2007

MLK's Niece Fights for the Unborn

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Ironically, King said, her birthday is Jan. 22, the date that the Supreme Court justices approved legalized abortion.

"After I had my second abortion, I was Miss Pro-Choice Queen for years," she said, in spite of the King family's belief in the civil rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

"In 1983, I was born again and I had a confrontation with the living God," she said. "I repented and said, 'God, this was wrong and I'm so sorry.'"

She said she realized then that "God had forgiven me and so I became -- over those years from 1983 to today -- increasingly a pro-life speaker."

"I met Father Frank Pavone on the road," she said, "and he was quoting Rev. King's Christmas speech and his letter from the Birmingham jail about infanticide."

When the Holy Spirit "found her," King said, she felt called to direct African-American outreach as a pastoral associate for [Fr. Pavone's] Priests for Life.

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