FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 21, 2009
Atlanta, GA – Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and
niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., today addressed the charge that
opposition to the health care plan backed by President Obama is racist in
nature.
“Congressman Joe Wilson’s breach of etiquette was definitely wrong, but to
call it racist is to cry wolf,” said Dr. King. “What really is racist is
singling out minorities, who now receive about two-thirds of the abortions
in this country, for discriminatory treatment. Those of us who care about
the civil rights of all Americans, born and unborn, oppose Obamacare because
we oppose the expansion of the most racist industry in America – the
abortion industry. This is why we also are asking the Justice Department to
investigate the racist practices of Planned Parenthood.”
“Anyone who supports so called abortion rights, even an ex-President, should
check the facts and take the mote out of his own eye before calling someone
else a racist,” added Dr. King. “Fact one – abortion has taken 17 million
African American lives since 1973. Fact two – the President’s health care
plan, as presently written, will dramatically add to that number as it will
cause the government to start subsidizing abortions that it doesn’t now.”
“The abortion movement has targeted minorities since its inception,” said
Dr. King. “There is no greater step one can take to oppose racism today than
to oppose the expansion of abortion that would take place under the health
care plans currently under consideration. The choice is simple, promote
health with prenatal care or promote death with abortion. I say choose
life.”
Dr. King will join with other African American leaders this Wednesday
through Friday for a Capitol Hill education campaign on abortion and racism.
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life
organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more
information, visit www.priestsforlife.org
